Tono the Infallible - Couverture souple

Rosero, Evelio

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0811228819 ISBN 13 : 9780811228817

Editeur : New Directions Publishing Corporation, 2022

Synopsis

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 PEN TRANSLATION PRIZE

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 QUEEN SOFIA SPANISH INSTITUTE TRANSLATION PRIZE

I was alone when someone pounded on my door. Who could it be?

So begins Toño the Infallible, Evelio Rosero's gripping novel about an intense relationship between a writer and a sociopath. Visited by his friend (a kind of Colombian Rasputin) seemingly at the verge of death, the writer, Eri, looks back on the arc of both of their lives. Unique in both its tone and its structure, the novel takes us from their student days (school fights, playground revelations, and an unforgettable trip to the seaside) into their adult years, involving rumors of a hippie cult and a bizarre raucous theater exhibit of history's most violent crimes. Toño uses his charm and wealth--as well as reputed magical powers--to manipulate others, but it isn't until the end of the book that the devastating truth is revealed--and how true is it? Reminiscent of the fiction of Roberto Bolaño and the films of Alfonso Cuarón, this brilliant novel takes us into the heart of his country's darkness, creating an unforgettable portrait of a society where humanity still endures, despite its brutality.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Evelio Rosero was born in Bogotá, Colombia, in 1958. He was awarded Colombia's National Literature Prize by the Ministry of Culture in 2006 for his body of work, which includes several novels, short story collections, and books for young readers and children. The Armies, Rosero's first novel to be translated into English, won the Tusquets International Prize and the 2009 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize.

Anne McLean lives in Toronto and has translated the works of authors including Javier Cercas, Julio Cortázar, and Juan Gabriel Vásquez, and Enrique Vila-Matas.

Victor Meadowcroft is based in Brighton, England, and translates from the Spanish and Portuguese.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: New Directions Publishing Corporation
• Date d'édition: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0811228819
• ISBN 13: 9780811228817
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 224
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• Personne responsable: non disponible