The Matter of Desire

The Matter of Desire is the story of Pedro, a Bolivian-American political scientist who teaches at a university in upstate New York. Having become entangled in an erotically charged romance with Ashley, a beautiful red-headed graduate student, he returns to Bolivia to seek answers to his own life by investigating the mysteries of his father's past. Trapped between two cultures, Pedro ultimately finds himself in an existential dilemma of tragic dimensions. The Matter of Desire combines elements of the political thriller and the family mystery with a torrid illicit love affair and brilliantly elucidates the complex relationship between Latin America and the United States.

Author: Edmundo Paz Soldan
Publisher: Harpervia
Published: 04/08/2004
Pages: 214
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.64lbs
Size: 8.55h x 5.60w x 0.58d
ISBN: 9780618395576

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 03/01/2004 pg. 199
Poder Hispanic 04/01/2004 pg. 68
Library Journal 04/01/2004 pg. 124
Booklist 04/01/2004 pg. 1349
Publishers Weekly 05/10/2004 pg. 38

About the Author
Paz Soldan, Edmundo: - Edmundo Paz Soldán is the author of six novels and two short story collections. He was awarded the 2002 Bolivian National Book Award for Turing's Delirium and a 2006 Guggenheim Fellowship. He has won the National Book Award in Bolivia, the prestigious Juan Rulfo Award, and was a finalist for the Romulo Gállegos Award. He is an associate professor at Cornell University. One of the few McOndo writers who live in the United States, he is frequently called upon as the movement's spokesperson by the American media.