The Way Out
- Authors
- Piglia, Ricardo
- Publisher
- Restless Books
- Tags
- ricardo piglia;emilio renzi;argentine novelist;novels from argentina;latin american literature;borges;roberto bolaño;unabomber;lou gehrig's disease;respiración artificial;la ciudad ausente;plata quemada;blanco nocturno;el camino de ida;nombre falso;la invasión;prisión perpetua;formas breves;crítica y ficción;el último lector;robert croll;autofiction;princeton university;herman melville;technology;domestic terrorism;private investigator;detective;henry david thoreau;walden;manifesto;ted kaczynski;w. h. hudson;argentina;new jersey;university;academia
- Date
- 2020-07-11T14:34:32+00:00
- Size
- 2.41 MB
- Lang
- en
From Argentine literary powerhouse Ricardo Piglia, The Way Out is "an offbeat take on the campus novel, full of sex, intrigue, and marginalia" (Kirkus Reviews) that probes the lengths we go to hide our own truths and to uncover the secrets of others.
In the mid 1990s Emilio Renzi leaves his unstable life in Argentina to take a visiting position at a prestigious university in New Jersey. Settling in for a semester of academic quietude, he is unexpectedly swept up in a secret romance with his colleague, the brilliant and enigmatic Ida Brown. But their clandestine relationship is cut brutally short by an apparent tragic car accident. Discontented with the police's lackluster inquiries into Ida's death, Renzi begins his own investigation.
His suspicions are piqued as details emerge about a bizarre string of attacks targeting scientists and researchers. Then a radical manifesto appears in the press threatening continued violence. As...