Petite Fleur - Paperback

by Iosi Havilio (Author), Lorna Scott Fox (Translator)

"As vertiginous, airtight and intense as a dream." --Yuri Herrera

When José's fireworks factory job ends explosively, his wife Laura must return to work. Recovering from his initial apathy, he makes friends with his jazz-loving neighbor. But as José uncovers a gruesome talent, life, death, and resurrection converge. Written as one single, hypnotic paragraph, Petite Fleur harnesses the unpredictability of César Aira and the mysticism of Leo Tolstoy in a dissonant riff on suburban life.

Iosi Havilio (b. 1974, Buenos Aires) became a cult author in Argentina after his debut Open Door was praised by influential critics Rodolfo Fogwill and Beatriz Sarlo. Petite Fleur is his fifth novel.

Author Biography

Iosi Havilio: Iosi Havilio (b. 1974 Buenos Aires) became a cult author in Argentina after his debut novel Open Door was highly praised by the outspoken and influential writer Rodolfo Fogwill and by influential Argentine critic, Beatriz Sarlo. Petite Fleur is his fourth novel.
Lorna Scott-Fox: Lorna Scott Fox is a journalist, editor and translator who has lived all over the world. She has written for the London Review of Books, the Times Literary Supplement and the Washington Post, translated many books from French and Spanish, and edited Yuri Herrera's Signs Preceding the End of the World.