A review by claire_fuller_writer
The House of Paper by Carlos María Domínguez

4.0

At only 103 pages long, this tiny book has so much in it: a love of books, a mystery, a passion / obsession with collecting, and a surreal house on a desolate beach. Bluma Lennon, a Cambridge academic is knocked over and killed by a car while walking and reading a volume of Emily Dickinson's poetry. Her successor receives a Conrad novel in the post addressed to Bluma, with a dedication from her to Carlos Brauer, and covered in cement. The unnamed narrator decides to try to track down Brauer, and travels to Uruguay. There he meets various bibliophiles who tell him Brauer's story. The trail eventually leads him to the House of Paper on a distant and desolate beach. Wonderful!