Fiction
The Rivers of the Night
by Emilio Lezama
Description
Two teenagers, a Mexican narrator and M from coastal New England, conjure aliteral-metaphorical river that connects their rooms and sustains a first love of veleros, dolphins,palaces of coral pink, and a private language of letters and songs.
As they grow, currents shift.M drifts toward danger, self-harm, Steve, and the “roads of day”; he clings to imagination, the“rivers of night.” Storms, betrayals, and absences desiccate their dream-world. Years pass: he writes Rivers of the Night; she becomes a famous musician whose album Liquid Dreams argues back.
Letters dissolve into water; a single “M” becomes a talisman. In adulthood they reunite—warily—to test whether love survives off the page and offstage, and whether a story can be lived, not just told.
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Readers of lyrical coming-of-age and autofictional romance; fans of music-lit crossovers (novels that dialogue with songs/albums);
Anyone who loves magical realism used lightly—as metaphor made flesh.
People who love Illustrated books.
Comps for feel & tone:
The Ocean at the End of the Lane (Gaiman) . mythic childhood made literal
Call Me By Your Name (Aciman) . intimate, reflective first love
The Lover (Duras) . lyrical memory and asymmetry of desire
Before Sunrise (Linklater) . two-hander built on talk, place, possibility
Author Biography
Emilio Lezama is a writer and political analyst. He is an op-ed columnist for El Universal and El País, and has published in The New York Times, Liberation, Nouvel Obs, Folha do Sao Paulo among others. His first novel The Best of all Possible Worlds was a success in Mexico where it was published by the Cal & Arena imprint. He is also the co-author of the book “En busca del Presente”. He studied Political Science at the UNAM, and has master 's degrees from Science Po París, L’Université de Paris II and George Washington University.
His book of political essays, 4T 2.0 about Mexico’s 2024 Presidential transition, was published in Spanish by Malpaso.
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- Orginal LanguageSpanish
- Pages117
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusUnpublished
- Original Language TitleLos ríos de la noche
- Original Language AuthorsSpanish
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