Translator(s) Margaret Jull Costa Publisher New Directions City New York, NY Publication Year 2000 Number of Pages 278 pp. ISBN 9780811214520 Summary/Reviews Newly married Juan Ranz digs into his family's troubled past beginning with the suicide of his father's first wife, Juan's aunt, and finds parallels in his relationships marked by miscommunication and the need for human contact. Summary/Review Source WorldCat