ThE RUINS (Lazy Publisher)

“Cosmopolitan in the best sense of the word, The Ruins is part genealogical search, part star-crossed romance, part ethnographic encounter, fused together in a spellbinding mystery that circumnavigates the globe. Reyes-Ruiz combines the trained eye of the anthropologist with the imagination of a seasoned novelist, managing to be learned and accessible at the same time. Highly recommended.”Peter Kalliney, William J. Tuggle Chair in English at the University of Kentucky. “Through the figure of Rodrigues, Reyes-Ruiz’s original and poignant work obliges us to do more than observe and take pictures of history’s casualties and catastrophes; it forces us to acknowledge the unpaid debt they have bestowed on our individual and collective investments in historical amnesia.”John D. Blanco, Associate Professor of Comparative Literature at UC San Diego.