Lerena Dost is adominant and successful woman until she and her psychoanalyst Suano Botilecue crossan ethical boundary and are disgraced, after their sexual relationship is madeknown. Both lose everything.
Then, a chance encounter with a mysteriouswoman in an elevator plants a number in Lerena's mind, which she plays in thelottery and wins. She decides that she will not touch her new fortuneuntil she can reward her benefactor, who turns out to be none other than DonaMunava, the famed leader of a spiritual cult hidden away in the countryside farfrom the city.
Lerena and Suano set out on a roadtrip to find her, travelling across the Panoramic Delta, a futuristic worldstrangely like our own, but with its details, its settings, and even itslanguage altered in unexpected ways.
The author's musical and inventive style,brilliantly translated by Chris Andrews, creates a hallucinatory atmosphere, inwhich the one-time lovers relive their relationship, and confront itsconsequences.
'A fundamental name in Argentinian literature of the last two decades.' - Fernando Bogado, Radar
'Melodrome's ingenuity is in ample evidence in this superb translation by Chris Andrew...Melodrome delivers a surreal ride, prompting reflection on issues from climate change to neoliberal capitalism. It also provides an exciting model for Australian writers and readers when it comes to the literary rewards that can be found by taking stylistic risks.' - The Saturday Paper
