Synopsis
About José Manuel Prieto
See more books from this AuthorThe narrator, identified only as “J.,” is a resourceful Eastern European smuggler whose commission to hunt down and bag a rare species of Russian butterfly involves him with “V.” (for Varia—a richly suggestive moniker), a mystery woman whom he meets in Istanbul, loses in Odessa, and pursues throu...
| Read Full Review of Nocturnal Butterflies of the ...Cuban-born Prieto infuses this story of two hoodlums in love in 1990s Turkey and Russia with wisdom that transforms it from a mere romance into an allegory for current economic transition in Eastern E
Oct 30 2000 | Read Full Review of Nocturnal Butterflies of the ...The book buzzes with beguiling lyrical profundities, but Prieto knows how to create a claustrophobic atmosphere as well, adding to J.'s list of worries: a nosy neighbor breaks into J.'s apartment and steals his letters from V., mistaking them for links in a treasonous plot.
| Read Full Review of Nocturnal Butterflies of the ...The first letter is followed by many others, as J.
Nov 30 2000 | Read Full Review of Nocturnal Butterflies of the ...An aggregated and normalized score based on 5 user ratings from iDreamBooks & iTunes