The Right Intention

Nothing is simple for the men & women in Andrés Barba's stories. As they go about their lives, they are each tested by a single, destructive obsession. A runner puts his marriage at risk while training for a marathon; a teenager can no longer stand the sight of meat following her parents' divorce; a man suddenly fixates on the age difference between him & his younger male lover. In four tightly wound novellas, Andrés Barba establishes himself as a master of the form.

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"Barba is a master of the novella . . . A gorgeous, fully realized collection." — Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review)

"The four novellas in Barba’s wonderful & intense new collection share a melancholy sensibility & a yearning, born of persistent loneliness." — Publishers Weekly

"The destructive consequences of those obsessions, traced with an almost clinical precision, are the substance of Barba’s absorbing, unnerving stories." — Words Without Borders

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Andrés Barba is a multi-awarded Spanish novelist, essayist, translator, scriptwriter _ photographer. He is the author of a total of thirteen books of literary fiction, non-fiction, photography, arts, & children's literature.

Lisa Dillman teaches in the Department of Spanish & Portuguese at Emory University & has translated numerous works of fiction by Argentine, Mexican, Catalan, & Spanish writers. She has translated many of Barba's books into English. She lives in Decatur, Georgia.