Uruguay

The Luminous Novel by Mario Levrero was published posthumously in 2005, Annie McDermott’s English translation was published in 2021 by And Other Stories.

This is a dense book, the typeface is small and it spans 544 pages. The story is comprised of two parts: a diary and the Luminous Novel. The diary is filled with the minutiae of life. Initially I wondered what I’d gotten myself into but this book was remarkable, funny, remarkably frustrating and funny. As I approached the end I found myself regretting the approaching loss.