Lady of the South Wind - Hardcover

Garcia Sanchez, Javier

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ISBN 10: 0865474060 ISBN 13: 9780865474062

Publisher: North Point Pr, 1990

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From his new home in the sanitarium, Hans Kruger confesses his dangerously consuming love for Olga Dittersdorf to a friend, spinning a frightening tale of obsession and fatal attraction that led to violence

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Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Spanish

From Publishers Weekly:

Loosely based on the theme of the errant knight destroyed by la belle dame sans merci , this Spanish bestseller explores the interior life of Hans Kruger. A rather ordinary man, Kruger suffers a mental breakdown when he fails to win the love of Olga Dittersdorf, a beautiful and, at least in his eyes, mysterious young woman who works with him in an explosives factory. The bulk of the novel takes place at the sanitarium where Kruger is confined; after some time, he is pronounced cured and returns to work. But he has never truly abandoned his obsession with Olga, and daily contact with her pushes him over the edge. He literally disintegrates, blowing himself up with explosives, leaving behind only the message "Tell her I await her there." Olga is oblivious to her role in Kruger's death, which heightens the pathetic nature of the affair. Sanchez's skillful handling of a sensitive subject matter, and his graceful, expressionistic prose, won him Spain's Pio Baroja prize.
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