Traveller of the Century - Brossura

Neuman, Andrés

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1908968389 ISBN 13: 9781908968388

Casa editrice: Pushkin Press IWUK, 2013

Riassunto

Shortlisted for the 2014 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and the 2013 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize

A novel of philosophy and love, politics and waltzes, history and the here-and-now, Andrés Neuman's Traveller of the Century is a journey into the soul of Europe, penned by one of the most exciting South-American writers of our time.

'Every year hundreds of books are published but rarely comes a book that reminds us of why we loved reading in the first place, that innermost quest for words and dreams. Traveller of the Century is a literary gem' Elif Shafak

A traveller stops off for the night in the mysterious city of Wandernburg. He intends to leave the following day, but the city begins to ensnare him with its strange, shifting geography.

When Hans befriends an old organ grinder, and falls in love with Sophie, the daughter of a local merchant, he finds it impossible to leave. Through a series of memorable encounters with starkly different characters, Neuman takes the reader on a hypothetical journey back into post-Napoleonic Europe, subtly evoking its parallels with our modern era.
At the heart of the novel lies the love story between Sophie and Hans. They are both translators, and between dictionaries and bed, bed and dictionaries,they gradually build up their own fragile common language.
Through their relationship Neuman explores the idea that all love is an act of translation, and that all translation is an act of love.

'A beautiful, accomplished novel: as ambitious as it is generous, as moving as it is smart'
— Juan Gabriel Vásquez, Guardian

A big, utterly captivating murder mystery and love story, full of history and politics and the hottest sex in contemporary fiction

— Daily Telegraph

'A thought-provoking historical romance, in which sex and philosophy mingle to delightful effect.'
— Ángel Gurría Quintana, Financial Times, Best Books of 2012

Novel of the century

— Lawrence Norfolk

Andrés Neuman (b.1977) was born in Buenos Aires and later moved to Granada, Spain. Selected as one of Granta magazine's Best Young Spanish-Language Novelists, Neuman was included in the Hay Festival's Bogotá 39 list. He has published numerous novels, short stories, essays and poetry collections. He received the Hiperión Prize for Poetry for El tobogán, and Traveller of the Century won the Alfaguara Prize and the National Critics Prize in 2009.

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'A beautiful, accomplished novel: as ambitious as it is generous, as moving as it is smart' Guardian

'A big, utterly captivating murder mystery and love story, full of history and politics and the hottest sex in contemporary fiction' Telegraph

'A work of true beauty and scintillating intelligence by a writer of prodigious talents... books as stimulating, erudite and humane as this do not come along very often' Independent

'An all-encompassing reinvention of the 19th-century novel through the knowing eyes of the 21st... contains - jurors concurred with relish - some of the best sex in fiction of our own century' Maya Jaggi, chair of the IMPAC Award judging panel, Guardian

'The literature of the twenty-first century will belong to Neuman and a few other blood brothers of his' Roberto Bolaño

'Very few novels in world literature can build up an atmosphere as deftly and convincingly as the Traveller of the Century has done. This is a wonderful novel of ideas... Every year hundreds of books are published but rarely comes a book that reminds us of why we loved reading in the first place, that innermost quest for words and dreams. Traveller of the Century is a literary gem' Elif Shafak, judge, 2013 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize

'[Traveller of the Century] so delighted and captivated the jury that it deserved public recognition' --Boyd Tonkin, chair of the 2013 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize judging panel

A beautiful, accomplished novel: as ambitious as it is generous, as moving as it is smart --Juan Gabriel Vásquez, Guardian

A work of true beauty and scintillating intelligence by a writer of prodigious talents ... books as stimulating, erudite and humane as this do not come along very often --Richard Gwyn, Independent

The literature of the twenty-first century will belong to Neuman and a few other blood brothers of his --Roberto Bolaño

An exceptional, fun, mature novel from a writer wise beyond his years --Guardian online

I was swept up immediately, not just by a story that spans numerous genres - is it epistolary, historical, or a murder mystery? - but by Neuman s ability to populate the town with an array of truly alive characters that I never wanted to leave. --Justin Alvarez, Paris Review

L'autore

Andrés Neuman (b.1977) was born in Buenos Aires and later moved to Granada, Spain. Selected as one of Granta magazine's Best Young Spanish-Language Novelists, Neuman was included in the Hay Festival's Bogotá 39 list. He has published numerous novels, short stories, essays and poetry collections. He received the Hiperión Prize for Poetry for El tobogán, and Traveller of the Century won the Alfaguara Prize and the National Critics Prize in 2009.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Pushkin Press IWUK
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1908968389
• ISBN 13: 9781908968388
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 592
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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