Traveler of the Century - Brossura

Neuman, Andrés

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0374533946 ISBN 13: 9780374533946

Casa editrice: FSG Adult, 2013

Riassunto

An English-language translation of a winner of Spain's two most prestigious literary awards follows the philosophical experiences of an enigmatic traveler on the border of Saxony and Prussia who is drawn into an intense debate about identity at the same time he pursues a relationship that challenges contemporary views about female sexuality. 15,000 first printing.

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L'autore:

Andrés Neuman was born in 1977 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and grew up in Spain. He has a degree in Spanish philology from the University of Granada. Neuman was selected as one ofGranta’s Best of Young Spanish-Language Novelists and was elected to the Bogotá-39 list.Traveler of the Century was the winner of the Alfaguara Prize and the National Critics Prize, Spain’s two most prestigious literary awards.

Product Description:

"The literature of the twenty-first century will belong to Neuman." --Roberto BolanoSearching for an inn, the enigmatic traveler Hans stops in a small city on the border between Saxony and Prussia. The next morning, Hans meets an old organ-grinder in the market square and immediately finds himself enmeshed in an intense debate--on identity and what it is that defines us--from which he cannot break free. Indefinitely stuck in Wandernburg until his debate with the organ-grinder is concluded, he begins to meet the various characters who populate the town, including a young freethinker named Sophie. Though she is engaged to be married, Sophie and Hans begin a relationship that defies contemporary mores about female sexuality and what can and cannot be said about it. "Traveler of the Century "is a deeply intellectual novel, chock-full of discussions about philosophy, history, literature, love, and translation. It is a book that looks to the past in order to have us reconsider the conflicts of our present. The winner of Spain's prestigious Alfaguara Prize and the National Critics Prize, "Traveler of the Century "marks the English-language debut of Andres Neuman, a writer described by Roberto Bolano as being "touched by grace.""

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• Editore: FSG Adult
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0374533946
• ISBN 13: 9780374533946
• Rilegatura: Paperback
• Numero di pagine: 576