Four pairs of stories--four "double rooms"--sit side by side in the
latest work of fiction by one of Spain's most compelling writers. A
publisher wonders about the voices that haunt her; a scriptwriter
receives an unexpected gift; a dinner party is shaken by a mysterious
guest; a father seeks to atone for his son's crimes. Ranging from Madrid
to Milwaukee, and from prose fiction to drama to essay, the chapters of
this "narrative installation" echo one another, revealing a carefully
layered composition of humor and foreboding. Double Room is a subtle
meditation on the bonds between parents and children, the burdens of
illness and grief, and the places we make our home.