“As a novel it makes concrete the difficulties and joys of reading, of telling stories, and of being told.”
The Private Lives of Trees – Alejandro Zambra
“For all his melancholy, Julián is a fragile and brilliant creation, one whose own laws for living mirror the strictures of the novel.”
“At one time or another, Heribert and Humbert may be in the same bed, with the same woman, having the same dream.”