When a mysterious stranger arrives laden with paintings, Leandro finds his quiet life instantly and mysteriously disrupted. Awakening locked in a windowless room in a topless tower, he finds himself trappedthe subject in one of the strangers eerie paintings. Heavily influenced by nonsense literature such as Lewis CarrollsAlice in Wonderlandand the surrealist movement in South America,The Topless Towerfeatures all the typical hallmarks of Silvina Ocampos fantastical writing. With subtle inflections of language and tremendous displays of imagination running riot, Ocampos writing is beautifully translated here by James Womack.

Format: Paperback
Published: UK, 2010
Publisher: Trafalgar Square
Pages: 56
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1843918552
ISBN 13: 9781843918554