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Debut book in English, a modern literary sci-fi classic right out of Havana for fans of Yoss and the speculative/science fiction crowd hungry for more stories like this out of Latin America; this is set in a near-future Havana, an amazing story. Translator lives in Dallas and will be doing lots of events for this too!

"In this brilliant fiction debut from a legendary visual artist, thirteen interconnected stories explore friendship and intimacy, loneliness and dislocation, and the physical contours of a dilapidated American landscape. The stories, which first appeared as part of Coursey's solo exhibition at SMU's Pollock Gallery, demonstrate the artist's fascination with the broken-down and discarded relics of industry and labor. Coursey's stories are laced with humor, conspiracy, paranoia, and compassion, exploring the ripple effects of violence, the mystery of a car found in a well, houseboat culture, Texas landscapes of machinery and dust. These ornate vignettes present a colorful cast of characters and vivid scenery, demonstrating the author's eye for detail both inanimate and human"--

In this four-story suite, a modern master of Italian literature delves into the wonder and strangeness of the human condition.Eerie, fabulist, and elegant, each of Moresco’s stories features a central character at a different time of his life: childhood, adolescence, and young adulthood. In these beautiful and unsettling narratives, a dreamlike logic governs a vivid and strange physical world. In “Blue Room,” the adolescent protagonist carries on a voyeuristic relationship with a blind old woman in a mysterious house. In “The Hole,” a young boy becomes fascinated by an outhouse toilet, a portal through which he observes bodily wastes, curiosities, and portents. In the title story, an act of violence deepens the nightmarish tones and mood of disorientation. And in “The King,” a child narrator—who may or may not be present—witnesses a horrific visit from an exiled ruler.Full of bodily parts, functions, and desires, Moresco’s stories distort time and reality to summon a world of carnal immediacy and uncanny haziness. A spectral and unnerving work of art, expertly translated by Richard Dixon, Clandestinity is a testament to Moresco’s genius.

Translation of: El libro de las explicaciones by Almadâia in Mexico City, Mexico, in 2012.