Acrosstwodifferenttimeperiods,twowomenconfrontfear,loneliness,mortality,andahauntingyearningthatwillnotletthemrest.Abreakout,genre-blurringnovelfromoneofthemostexcitingnewvoicesofLatinAmerica’sfeministGothic.ItisthetwilightofEurope’sbloodybacchanals,ofmurderandfeastingwithoutend.Inthenineteenthcentury,avampirearrivesfromEuropetothecoastofBuenosAiresand,forthesecondtimeinherlife,watchesasvillagestransformintoacosmopolitancity,onethatwillsoonberavagedbyyellowfever.Shemustadapt,interminglewithhumans,andbediscreet.Inpresent-dayBuenosAires,awomanfindsherselfatanimpasseasshegrappleswithhermother’sterminalillnessandherownrelationshipwithmotherhood.Whenshefirstencountersthevampireinacemetery,somethingigniteswithinthetwowomen--andtheycrossathresholdfromwhichthere’snoturningback.WithechoesofMaryShelley’sFrankensteinandwrittenintheveinoffeministGothicwriterslikeShirleyJackson,DaphneduMaurier,andCarmenMariaMachado,Thirstplayswiththeboundariesofgenrewhileexploringthelimitsoffemaleagency,theconsumingpowerofdesire,andthefragilevitalityofeventhemostimmortalofcreatures.
