The Perplexed
Original title: Los perplejos
A novel about loss and the need to find meaning.
The Perplexed is a hybrid novel in which Cynthia Rimsky interweaves the contemporary journey of a writer, with the life of the medieval philosopher Maimonides. As she reconstructs the thinker’s story, the narrator is confronted with the fragility of the sources, the impossibility of accessing the truth, and her own sense of disorientation and the tension between reason and faith in a world in crisis. The result is a novel about losing one’s way, interpretation, and the need to find meaning in a world saturated with information, fake news and unreliable truth. Told with an ironic yet deeply human tone,
Rimsky is one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary Latin American fiction.
A novel about loss and the need to find meaning.
The Perplexed is a hybrid novel in which Cynthia Rimsky interweaves the contemporary journey of a writer, with the life of the medieval philosopher Maimonides. As she reconstructs the thinker’s story, the narrator is confronted with the fragility of the sources, the impossibility of accessing the truth, and her own sense of disorientation and the tension between reason and faith in a world in crisis. The result is a novel about losing one’s way, interpretation, and the need to find meaning in a world saturated with information, fake news and unreliable truth. Told with an ironic yet deeply human tone,
Rimsky is one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary Latin American fiction.
