Open Door

When her partner disappears, a young veterinary assistant drifts from the city towards Open Door, a small town in the Argentinean Pampas named after its psychiatric hospital. Embarking on a new life in the country, she finds herself living with an ageing ranch-hand and courted by an official investigating her partner's disappearance. She might settle down, although a local girl is also irresistible ...This evocative, atmospheric book makes a quiet case for the possibility of finding contentment in unexpected places, with unexpected people.

ISBN 1908276037   DEWEY 863.7 ISBN13 9781908276032 (What's this?)   DEWEY edition DC23 Publisher And Other Stories   Published in High Wycombe Imprint And Other Stories   Height (mm) 210 Format Paperback   Width (mm) 140 Publication date 03 Nov 2011   Academic level General Translator Beth Fowler

'Look out in the autumn for Open Door by the much-praised Iosi Havilio, one of the launch titles on the And Other Stories list.' - Boyd Tonkin, The Independent 'Iosi Havilio's remarkable first novel brings news of an intriguing world' Martin Schifino, The Independent 'An ambiguous tale that verges on dark comedy - With skill and subtlety, the novel hints that a whole society might labour under an illusion of liberty.' The Economist 'Deliberately unshowy, so that plot twists can unfold in the quietest ways.' Fatema Ahmed, Prospect 'There is a lot of sex and violence in Open Door, but it is never gratuitous. - You have in your hands a masterpiece.' - Oscar Guardiola-Rivera With minimalist beauty and exquisite strangeness, Iosi Havilio offers a mesmerising addition to the literature of solitude. - Chloe Aridjis 'Open Door really surprised me, it doesn't obey any of the laws of reading, it feels like it sprang out of nowhere.' - Beatriz Sarlo, Perfil 'Open Door is not a choral novel but a series of solitary songs sung in intimate keys. It contains a tale to mull over, a story not easy to forget.' - El Pais 'Living, some say, is much easier than thinking about life. This seems to be the almost unconscious guiding force that drives the heroine of Open Door, Iosi Havilio's first book; a sober, restrained novel through which his mature craft shines.' - Susana Rosana, Clarin

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