'Monstrilio,' by Gerardo Sámano Córdova, is a hybrid of horror, literary meditation and cross-cultural exploration — and a unique marvel of its own.
Bay Area novelist Ingrid Rojas Contreras tells of how a head injury led her to revisit the shamans in her life — and her native Colombia.The bulk of this development is covered in the first of “Monstrilio’s” four parts, each of them with a different narrator. The second part is told by Lena, a young surgeon and good friend of Magos who, for a time, was in love with her. She has trouble sleeping and relies on baths administered by sex workers.
The first part is a superb introduction, the second an exploration of love and loneliness, the third a slightly meandering look at the way we rebuild after a huge loss. But the last part is the crowning jewel of this unique novel. Narrated by M. with an impeccable economy of language, “Monstrilio’s” closing section takes readers deep into the psyche of a being in perpetual battle against a hunger that is inhuman — and all too human. It chronicles M.
“Monstrilio” packs in a lot, and the author pulls it off brilliantly. It is at once dark and tender, at times bleak, but balanced with humor that borders on slapstick . And the narrative, which weaves through New York City, Mexico City, Berlin and back, seeds a staggering amount of ideas within a blend of gory horror and familial drama, bound together with prose that is often beautiful despite the subject matter, permeated with tension, sadness and the constant threat of mutilation and murder.
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