The Desert and Its Seed - Couverture souple

Barón Biza, Jorge

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0811225801 ISBN 13 : 9780811225809

Editeur : New Directions Publishing Corporation, 2018

Synopsis

The Desert and Its Seed opens with a taxi ride to the hospital: Eligia's face is disintegrating from acid thrown by her ex-husband while they signed divorce papers. Mario, her son, tries to wipe the acid from Eligia's face, but his own fingers burn.

What follows is a fruitless attempt to reconstruct Eligia's face--first in Buenos Aires, thereafter in Milan. Mario, the narrator, becomes the shadow and witness of the reconstruction attempts to repair his mother's outraged flesh. In this role, he must confront his own terrible existence and identity, both of which are bound to an Argentina he sees disintegrating around him.

Based on a true, tragic family story, Jorge Barón Biza's The Desert and Its Seed was rejected by publishers in Buenos Aires and was finally self-published in 1998, three years before the author committed suicide. Written in a captivating plain style with dark, bitter humor, The Desert and Its Seed has become a modern classic, published to enormous acclaim throughout the Spanish-speaking world and translated into many languages.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Jorge Barón Biza (1942–2001) was a journalist and professor, who also worked for various Argentinian publishing houses. His family’s tragic lives are documented in several books, including The Desert and Its Seed.<br /><br />Camilo Ramirez is a Colombian literary translator, editor, and media strategist based in New York City.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: New Directions Publishing Corporation
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0811225801
• ISBN 13: 9780811225809
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 448
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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