Before the Dark Comes

Arturo Mantecon, translator and bibliophile, chances upon a strange leatherbound book found in a vast private library. Chaotic poetry. Grotesque images. But who, exactly, is the author? Is it Jose Primitivo Charlevoix, or someone else? Mantecon searches for clues within the curious text itself, and the clues he finds lead him to the unlikely locations of Quebec and Ontario.

Poetry. Fiction. Latino/Latina Studies. Hybrid.