Llévame esta noche
Creator: Miguel Gomes
Title: Llévame esta noche
Publisher: Seix Barral
Date: 2020
Language: Spanish
Description:
David de Sousa returns to Caracas to be with his ailing mother in what appears to be her final days. After several years away, his visit opens the door to a reflection that delves not only into death but also into desire, uprootedness, erudition and barbarism, aesthetics and pain.
"Besieged by orphanhood, guilt, and desire, David will find in the meticulous reconstruction of his past the ideal space to seek a glimmer of light amid the darkness of his instincts. Body and spirit, emotions and intellect, the ordinary and the sublime confront one another, suggesting a way to dissolve the heavy armor of reason and perhaps—just perhaps—find a second chance at life." —Arturo Ramírez
"By contrasting the narrator’s sophistication with the rawness of reality, the novel journeys through memory, always searching and confirming, in different registers, all the lost territories: family, homeland, love… With this new novel, Miguel Gomes solidifies his unique and distinctive voice, an essential presence in contemporary Latin American literature." —Alberto Barrera Tyszka
Translated from Spanish by Archivo Venezuela.
Subject: Literature, Fiction, Narrative, Migration, Return, Venezuela, Portugal, Caracas, United States, Miguel Gomes
Type: Text
Format: Printed book
Rights: External reference
Relation: Review by Pedro Plaza Salvati (in Spanish)
"El universo narrativo del cuentista y novelista Miguel Gomes", Un minuto con las artes.
Identifier: LIT0040
Collection: Narrative fiction
Tags: Caracas, Fiction, Literature, Migration, Miguel Gomes, Narrative, Portugal, Return, United States, Venezuela
Citation: Miguel Gomes, Llévame esta noche, Seix Barral, 2020, accessed September 22, 2026, https://archivovenezuela.com/en/items/show/66