Ruiz's English-language debut is a page-turner that takes readers through the streets of contemporary Seville, the walkways of an unmapped urban dreamscape, and to the devil-worshiping underworld of medieval Lisbon. At once a love story, a chilling tale of the occult, and an exploration of the timeless themes of memory, obsession, and loss.
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Ruiz's English-language debut is a page-turner that takes readers through the streets of contemporary Seville, the walkways of an unmapped urban dreamscape, and to the devil-worshiping underworld of medieval Lisbon. At once a love story, a chilling tale of the occult, and an exploration of the timeless themes of memory, obsession, and loss.
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Fine. Pictorial Wraps. An Unread Copy, As New. Uncorrected Advanced Proof. Luis Manuel Luis's English language debut is a haunting psychological thriller and literary page turner and also winner of the International Prize. This novel takes place in contemporary Seville and centers on Alicia, a grieving woman who lost her husband and daughter in a traffic accident. Haunted by nightmares that take begin to take over her waking life, she realizes almost too late that she may be the victim of an evil conspiracy that has dark, ancient roots.
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New York. 2003. January 2003. Grove Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0802117309. Translated from the Spanish by Alfred Mac Adam. 308 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Rick Pracher. Jacket photograph by B. Schmid. keywords: Literature Spain Translated Mystery. FROM THE PUBLISHER-Winner of the prestigious International Prize Luis Manuel Ruiz's ONLY ONE THING MISSING is a heart-stopping thriller that takes us through the labyrinthine streets of contemporary Seville, the desolate walkways of an unmapped urban dreamscape, and into the devil-worshiping underworld of medieval Lisbon. The novel centers on Alicia, a young woman who has recently lost her husband and only child in a tragic accident. Mourning her family, Alicia is fortunate to be surrounded by friends and neighbors whose hands are always out-stretched to offer solace and comfort. But soon she becomes plagued by a succession of nightmares set in a surreal, unidentifiable city. When the statues and shadowy figures from the dream-city begin to appear in her waking life, she finds herself teetering between sanity and paranoia. Together with her brother-in-law, Esteban-who happens to be madly in love with her-Alicia gradually comes to understand that she may be the subject of an evil conspiracy that has dark, ancient roots. As the two of them fall deeper into this phantasmagoric world, they come to see that the people all around them may not be as well-meaning as they appear, and that trust-once such an abundant commodity-may have become an unaffordable luxury. Deftly crafted and rife with literary allusions, Only One Thing Missing is an enthralling thriller that is at once a love story, a chilling tale of the occult, and an exploration of the timeless themes of memory, obsession, and loss. ‘[A] wily psychological thriller. Ruiz's English-language debut [will] leave American audiences clamoring for more. '-Publishers Weekly. inventory #33160.
