Ornamento - Paperback

by Juan Cárdenas (Author)

Approaching fantasy, but with particularities that push it beyond the constraints of that genre, Ornamento details the encounter between a scientist and a group of volunteers, guinea pigs for a new recreational drug that solely affects women. After one of them, known only as Number 4, becomes romantically involved with the scientist and his wife, the couple finds their beliefs and assumptions--based in a position of socioeconomic privilege--shaken to the core.

Author Biography

Juan Cárdenas is a Colombian writer and translator and the author of Carreras delictivas and Zumbido. Considered one of Latin America's most promising young authors, he received a creative grant from Madrid's prestigious Residencia de Estudiantes between 2008 and 2010.