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Rabia (Coleccion La Diversidad)
2004
First Published
4.09
Average Rating
223
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“Fast-paced and entrancing psychological thriller”— Booklist "A portrait etched in acid of a Buenos Aires society menaced by economic and political crisis. Without value judgement but with light irony, Bizzio reveals the ugly secrets of a family, seen through the eyes of his naïve squatter. The imagery is often blinding and the dialogue pitch-perfect."— Le Temps José María, a construction worker, is in love with Rosa, a maid in an exclusive Buenos Aires mansion. Subjected to constant humiliation by his foreman, José María kills him, then hides on an empty floor in the mansion. He silently observes the decadent behavior of the owners and watches Rosa in her most intimate moments. José María is also privy to more humiliating experiences—he watches as Rosa is raped by the young son of the family, and so he must kill again. A metaphor for the decline of a social class, a country, and the resentment that spreads like a plague penetrating to the core of its people, Rage is also a tale of love and suspense that raises the tension with each successive page until it unavoidably shifts toward an intimate, shattering catastrophe. Humor, misfortune, shrewd social commentary, and thrilling erotic fantasy come together, offering the reader an inside vision of contemporary Argentina. Film adaptation of Sergio Bizzio’s Rabia, produced by Guillermo del Toro and directed by Sebastián Cordero, was presented at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival.

Avg Rating
4.09
Number of Ratings
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Author

Sergio Bizzio
Sergio Bizzio
Author · 12 books
Sergio Bizzio es narrador, dramaturgo y director de cine. Publicó las novelas El divino convertible (1990), Infierno Albino (1992), Son del África (1993), Más allá del bien y lentamente (1995), Planet (1998), En esa época (2001), Rabia (2004), Era el cielo (2007), el libro de cuentos Chicos (2003), el ensayo en verso El genio argentino (2005), y las colecciones de poemas Gran salón con piano (1982), Mínimo figurado (1990), Paraguay (1995), El abanico matamoscas (2002), y Te desafío a correr como un idiota por el jardín (2008). Escribió las obras de teatro Gravedad (1999), La china (1995, en colaboración con Daniel Guebel), El amor (1995), y la novela El día feliz de Charlie Feiling (2006). Dirigió los largometrajes Animalada (2001), 100 tragedias (2008, en colaboración con Mariano Galperín) y el documental Rey Queen (2006). Durante 2009 se estrenará su tercera película como director, No fumar es un vicio como cualquier otro. También integra la inclasificable banda musical Súper siempre junto a Alfredo Prior, Francisco Garamona y Alan Courtis, que acaba de editar su primer disco, #Juicio al perro.
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