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Sonia meets Knut in an online literary forum and begins a long-distance relationship with him that gradually turns to obsession. Though Sonia needs to create distance when Knut becomes too absorbing, she also yearns for a less predictable existence. Alternately attracted to and repulsed by Knut, Sonia begins a secret double life of theft and betrayal in which she will ultimately be trapped for years.



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"Scar is an original story, written with a concise, direct, fast, transparent style and almost with the asepsis of a surgeon." * RTVE (Spain) *
"A good, modern novel of two young people learning reciprocally about adult life . . . Sara Mesa confirms our good expectations." * El Mundo *
"(She) consolidates a new narrative voice that is able to bear important fruits in the Spanish novel of the 21st century." * El Mundo *
"[It has] the ability to turn the stereotyped concept of seduction back into its most bitter facets: possession, vanity and the need to feel fetishized." * RNE Narrative Critical Eye Award (Spain) *
"An atmosphere that evokes the prison labyrinths of Piranessi and the suffocation of the Dostoievskian underground." * El Pais *

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    A Paperback / softback by Sara Mesa, Adriana Nodal-Tarafa

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      Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 12/10/2017
      ISBN13: 9781943150274, 978-1943150274
      ISBN10: 1943150273

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Sonia meets Knut in an online literary forum and begins a long-distance relationship with him that gradually turns to obsession. Though Sonia needs to create distance when Knut becomes too absorbing, she also yearns for a less predictable existence. Alternately attracted to and repulsed by Knut, Sonia begins a secret double life of theft and betrayal in which she will ultimately be trapped for years.



      Trade Review
      "Scar is an original story, written with a concise, direct, fast, transparent style and almost with the asepsis of a surgeon." * RTVE (Spain) *
      "A good, modern novel of two young people learning reciprocally about adult life . . . Sara Mesa confirms our good expectations." * El Mundo *
      "(She) consolidates a new narrative voice that is able to bear important fruits in the Spanish novel of the 21st century." * El Mundo *
      "[It has] the ability to turn the stereotyped concept of seduction back into its most bitter facets: possession, vanity and the need to feel fetishized." * RNE Narrative Critical Eye Award (Spain) *
      "An atmosphere that evokes the prison labyrinths of Piranessi and the suffocation of the Dostoievskian underground." * El Pais *

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