Kirkus Reviews calls The Promise one of the Best Books of Fiction,
and of Literature in Translation, of the year! * Voted one of the
Big Fall Books from Indies by Publishers Weekly & LitHub's Most
Anticipated Books of 2019 "The world is ready for her blend of
insane Angela Carter with the originality of Clarice
Lispector."—Mariana Enriquez, LitHub "Both her debut story
collection, Forgotten Journey, and her only
novel, The Promise, are strikingly 20th-century texts,
written in a high-modernist mode rarely found in contemporary
fiction."—Lily Meyer, NPR "Silvina Ocampo is the next writer you
should be reading."—Michael Silverblatt A dying woman's attempt
to recount the story of her life reveals the fragility of memory
and the illusion of identity. "Of all the words that could define
her, the most accurate is, I think, ingenious."—Jorge Luis Borges
"I don't know of another writer who better captures the magic
inside everyday rituals, the forbidden or hidden face that our
mirrors don't show us."—Italo Calvino "Few writers have an eye
for the small horrors of everyday life; fewer still see the
everyday marvelous. Other than Silvina Ocampo, I cannot think of a
single writer who, at any time in any language, has chronicled both
with such wise and elegant humor."—Alberto Manguel "Art is the
cure for death. A seminal work by an underread master. Required for
all students of the human condition."—Starred Review, Kirkus
Reviews "This haunting and vital final work from Ocampo, her only
novel, is about a woman's life flashing before her eyes when she's
stranded in the ocean. . . . the book’s true power is its
depiction of the strength of the mind and the necessity of
storytelling, which for the narrator is literally staving off
death. Ocampo’s portrait of one woman’s interior life is
forceful and full of hope."—Gabe Habash, Starred Review,
Publishers Weekly "Ocampo is beyond great—she is
necessary."—Hernan Diaz, author of In the Distance "I don't know
of another writer who better captures the magic inside everyday
rituals, the forbidden or hidden face that our mirrors don't show
us."—Italo Calvino "These two newly translated books could make
her a rediscovery on par with Clarice Lispector. . . . there has
never been another voice like hers."—John Freeman, Executive
Editor, LitHub "Like William Blake, Ocampo's first voice was that
of a visual artist; in her writing she retains the will to unveil
immaterial so that we might at least look at it if not touch
it."—Helen Oyeyemi, author of Gingerbread A woman traveling on a
transatlantic ship has fallen overboard. Adrift at sea, she makes a
promise to Saint Rita, "arbiter of the impossible," that if she
survives, she will write her life story. As she drifts, she wonders
what she might include in the story of her life—a repertoire of
miracles, threats, and people parade tumultuously through her mind.
Little by little, her imagination begins to commandeer her
memories, escaping the strictures of realism. Translated into
English for the very first time, The Promise showcases Silvina
Ocampo at her most feminist, idiosyncratic and subversive. Ocampo
worked quietly to perfect this novella over the course of
twenty-five years, nearly up until the time of her death in 1993.
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