Lucina, a young Chilean writer, has moved to New York to pursue an academic career. While at a party one night, something that her doctors had long warned might happen finally occurs: her eyes haemorrhage. Within minutes, blood floods her vision, reducing her sight to sketched outlines and tones of grey, rendering her all but blind. As she begins to adjust to a very different life, those who love her begin to adjust to a very different woman - one who is angry, raw, funny, sinister, sexual and dizzyingly alive.

"Brilliant... Heartbreaking... Raw... Sexy... Visceral... Brutal... Unflinching... Astonishing" - The Scotsman

"Nerve-jangling... Defiantly discomforting... Highly impressive" - Daily Mail

"A scorching examination of how being utterly dependent on someone - even someone you love - can make you a monster." - Literary Hub, 13 Translated Books by Women You Need to Read

"Astonishing... Burns with vigour and urgency" - Los Angeles Times

"Viscous, repulsive, and beautiful" - New Yorker

"Stunning... Black and bitter and bloody and beautiful" - The Nation