When I Think Of My Missing Head

Camondo, a painter, wakes up one morning in his studio with his head missing, it having been yanked from his body the night before by Marieta, a model. This is a punishment from the gods, who have already taken away his artistic talent. Now, mysteriously resurrected but not quite intact, Camondo wanders about a seaside town wearing a Franciscan habit stolen from church in an attempt to disguise himself. Published posthumously, When I Think of My Missing Head, by the Chilean painter and novelist Adolfo Couve, here translated for the first time into English by Jessica Sequeira, is a phantasmagorical literary experiment, an existential puzzle with pieces that fit together by secret logic. With tones that are gothic and surrealist, symbolist and magical, this is a highly original work of terror and fantasia.

• | Author: Adolfo Couve, Jessica Sequeira
• | Publisher: Snuggly Books
• | Publication Date: Sep 10, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 104 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1943813744
• | ISBN-13: 9781943813742