It’s the 1970s, and Quito, Ecuador is flush with oil money and the shock of new—new music, new ideas, new buildings, new crimes, new passions. The narrator, an advertising executive afflicted by boredom, finds his stable life disrupted when he takes the risk of inviting into his home a friend who’s hiding from the law. An intricate and gripping portrayal of the soul in pain and fear.
Nathan D. Horowitz, translator of the English edition
Within a nocturnal city, cold and rainy, the protagonist plays a perverse game with destiny, sheltering in his house a friend who is wanted by the police. This situation will trigger his jealousy and slowly destroy his relationship with his wife. A bitter analysis of human relationships and love, and perhaps the story of a madman, City in Winter is surely the story of a shipwreck and a survivor.
Attila Scarpellini, translator of the Italian edition
City in Winter masterfully balances meticulous observation and poetic quality, and achieves harmony through contrast and conflict. Such a work poses the greatest challenge and the greatest reward for translation.
Virginia Galanopulu, translator of the Greek edition