A man attempts to break free from a debilitating spell in this “hallucinogenic, loving, intelligent” (Cynthia Rimsky) novel.

In a novel destined to become a cult classic, a narrator determines he is under a spell that has rendered him exquisitely indecisive. Desperate for help, he reaches out to a series of witches and learns that an invisible monster has attached itself to him, following him around and sapping his energy. As the narrator gets pulled into increasingly outlandish adventures in his attempts to outrun this stowaway—including a gig reporting from the frontlines of a far-flung war and imprisonment by the secret literary police—what began as a novel about the supernatural reveals itself to also be a quest to understand the very act of storytelling. From acclaimed Argentinian author Pablo Katchadjian and masterfully translated by Heather Cleary, An Opportunity is a mystical and formally inventive search for freedom at any cost.

About the Author & Translator:

Pablo Katchadjian is an Armenian-Argentine writer who teaches creative writing at the University of Buenos Aires. He is the author of five novels and is a 2025 resident of the Jan Michalski Foundation.

Heather Cleary is an award-winning translator of poetry and prose whose work has been recognized by English PEN, the National Book Foundation, and the Mellon Foundation, among others. She lives in Mexico City.