"The Wake"
One of the most prolific and respected authors of Mexico, Margo Glantz is not only a distinguished award-winning novelist, but also renowned as a lecturer, critic, journalist, and translator. "What do I feel?" asks the narrator, Nora Garcia, as she goes back to a Mexican village she has not visited in years to attend the funeral of her ex-husband, a famous pianist who has died of a massive heart attack. This deeply moving novel is the unspoken answer to Nora's self-questioning. For her rich, nuanced evocation of states of mind and emotion, Ms. Glantz can stand proudly alongside such modern masters as Virginia Woolf and William Gass.