Santiago's Way

Santiago is a male figure who appears in the narrator's consciousness after her failed attempt at suicide at the age of fourteen. He arrives to supplant Mina, a childlike creature of the mind who has shepherded the narrator through life from birth onwards but whose lack of worldly wisdom has created problem after problem for her host as she blunders through school, never quite understanding why she never gets things right. The vulnerable innocence of life with Mina grows more distressing than ever with the onset of sexuality. With Santiago's arrival Mina is driven away, and as an adult the narrator achieves unprecedented successes, as she walks Santiago's way, but never feels truly herself. Her adventures in Madrid and London gradually reveal the downside of Santiago and the paranoia that underlies his worldly wisdom. Returning to Mexico, she manages ten years of marriage before Santiago turns against her husband...

Patricia Laurent was born in 1962. She is the author of several prize-winning short stories and numerous articles and creative writing pieces for Spanish-language newspapers and magazines. The Nobel prize-winner Octavio Paz was an admirer of her early work and two of her stories have been filmed. She lives in Monterrey, Mexico. Santiago's Way is her first novel. Geoff Hargreaves was educated at Pembroke College, Oxford, and Victoria University, BC (Phd). He divides his time between Victoria, British Columbia and San Miguel Allende, Mexico. Santiago's Way is his fourth major translation, after many poems, short stories and articles.

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