Learning to Lose - Couverture souple

Trueba, David

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 184627205X ISBN 13 : 9781846272059

Editeur : Portobello Books Ltd, 2010

Synopsis

Set in contemporary Madrid against the backdrop of its congested and contested streets, this novel weaves together the stories of three generations of a Spanish family and a talented young footballer just arrived from Buenos Aires. The novel opens with a series of dramatic events - a violent murder, a traffic accident, and the discovery of an illness - that sends each family member swerving off in an unexpected direction. Guilt, purity, the search for happiness, love and, above all, survival form the spider's web which binds the characters together and holds the reader fast.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

David Trueba was born in Madrid in 1969 and has been successful both as a novelist and as a scriptwriter. La buena vida was his widely acclaimed debut as a film director and was followed by Obra Maestra (2001), Soldados de Salamina (2003), Bienvenido a casa (2006), and La silla de Fernando (2007). He is also the author of two previous novels; his debut, Four Friends, sold over 100,000 copies with twenty reprints. Learning to Lose won the Critics Award in 2009.

Mara Faye Lethem is the translator of Spanish and Catalan authors such as Albert Sanchez Pinol, Juan Marse, Javier Calvo, Jorge Semprun, and Pablo DeSantis. Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, she has lived in Barcelona since 2003.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Portobello Books Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 184627205X
• ISBN 13: 9781846272059
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 432
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• Personne responsable: non disponible