Sangre en el ojo / Seeing Red (Paperback)

from ozzer

Lina Meruane's title seems to have a double meaning. She was quite literally seeing red because of bleeding into her eyes that was slowly making her go blind; but metaphorically, she was seeing red (i.e., becoming angry) because of the predicament that this unfortunate condition placed her in. Th...

from seeword

In this (somewhat autobiographical) novel a Chilean writer becomes blind from a complication of Diabetes. While there is description of the clinical progression of her condition, it is much more about her sense of self and her relationships, particularly with her lover and her mother, as she beco...

from hubblegal

This book is described as a new-to-me genre - autobiographical novel. Apparently the author, Lina Meruane, had a stroke and suffered temporary blindness, necessitating surgery. Her novel's main character, also named Lina Meruane, is based on the author, also being an author having serious problem...

from Jan.Coco.Day

While not exactly autofiction, the narrator is a Chilean writer named Lina Meruane, and the narrative is a fictionalized maturation of an event in the author's own life. At a friend's party in New York, aforementioned narrator Lina suffers a mild stroke that leaves her completely blind in one eye...

from ozzer

Lina Meruane's title seems to have a double meaning. She was quite literally seeing red because of bleeding into her eyes that was slowly making her go blind; but metaphorically, she was seeing red (i.e., becoming angry) because of the predicament that this unfortunate condition placed her in. Th...