Learning To Lose - Couverture souple

Trueba, David

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1846272068 ISBN 13 : 9781846272066

Editeur : Granta Books, 2011

Synopsis

It is the day of Sylvia's sixteenth birthday and her life as an adult is about to begin - not with the party she had been planning, but with a car crash. At the wheel is a talented young footballer, just arrived from Buenos Aires and set for stardom on and off the pitch. As their destinies collide, elsewhere in the city Sylvie's father and grandfather are finding their own lives suddenly derailed by a violent murder and a secret affair. Set against the maze of Madrid's congested and contested streets, Learning to Lose follows four individuals as they swerve off course in unexpected directions. Each of them is dodging guilt and the fear of failure, but their shared search for happiness, love, purity and - above all - a way to survive forms a taut narrative web that binds the characters together and holds the reader fast.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

David Trueba was born in Madrid in 1969 and is a successful novelist and scriptwriter. La buena vida was his widely acclaimed debut as a film director and was followed by four more films. He is the author of two previous novels; this is the first to be published in English.

Mara Faye Lethem is an award-winning translator and author. Her recent translations include books by Patricio Pron, Max Besora, Javier Calvo, Marta Orriols, Toni Sala, and Alicia Kopf.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Granta Books
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1846272068
• ISBN 13: 9781846272066
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 592
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• Personne responsable: non disponible