The Right Intention

<p><b><i>Kirkus</i> Best Books of 2018</b></p><p><b>"Barba is a master of the novella . . . A gorgeous, fully realized collection."--<b><i>Kirkus Reviews</i> (Starred Review)</i></b></p><p>Nothing is simple for the men and women in Andrés Barba's stories. As they go about their lives, they are each tested by a single, destructive obsession. A runner puts his marriage at risk while training for a marathon; a teenager can no longer stand the sight of meat following her parents' divorce; a man suddenly fixates on the age difference between him and his younger male lover. In four tightly wound novellas, Andrés Barba establishes himself as a master of the form.</p><p><b>Andrés Barba</b> is the one the most lauded contemporary Spanish writers. He is the author of twelve books, including <i>August, October</i> and <i>Rain Over Madrid</i>. In addition to literary fiction, he has written essays, poems, books of photography, and translations of Thomas De Quincey and Herman Melville. His books have been translated into ten languages.</p><p><b>Lisa Dillman</b> won the 2016 Best Translated Book Award for her translation of Yuri Herrera's <i>Signs Preceding the End of the World</i>. She translates from Spanish and Catalan and teaches in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Emory University.</p>