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The Woman from Uruguay

TaschenbuchKartoniert, Paperback
160 Seiten
Englisch
Bloomsbury Publishing PLCerschienen am27.10.2022
'A searing tale of seduction and betrayal, both wryly comic and deeply serious' Sigrid Nunez, National Book Award-winning author of The Friend'Intimate, irreverent, fast-paced and raw' Sunday Times Lucas Pereyra, an unemployed writer in his forties, embarks on a day trip from Buenos Aires to Montevideo to pick up a fifteen thousand dollar advance in cash. This small fortune might solve his problems, most importantly the unbearable tension in his marriage. While his wife spends her days at work and her nights out on the town - with a lover, perhaps - Lucas is stuck at home all day staring at the blank page, caring for his son Maiko and fantasizing about the one thing that keeps him going: the Uruguayan woman he recently met at a conference and who he longs to see on this trip.The Woman from Uruguay is the surprising and moving story of one transformative day in Lucas´ life. An international bestseller, it is the masterpiece of one of Latin America´s most beloved writers, translated by Man Booker International winner Jennifer Croft.'At once a picaresque comedy and a penetrating study of a man on the verge of middle age' Colm Toibinmehr
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Klappentext'A searing tale of seduction and betrayal, both wryly comic and deeply serious' Sigrid Nunez, National Book Award-winning author of The Friend'Intimate, irreverent, fast-paced and raw' Sunday Times Lucas Pereyra, an unemployed writer in his forties, embarks on a day trip from Buenos Aires to Montevideo to pick up a fifteen thousand dollar advance in cash. This small fortune might solve his problems, most importantly the unbearable tension in his marriage. While his wife spends her days at work and her nights out on the town - with a lover, perhaps - Lucas is stuck at home all day staring at the blank page, caring for his son Maiko and fantasizing about the one thing that keeps him going: the Uruguayan woman he recently met at a conference and who he longs to see on this trip.The Woman from Uruguay is the surprising and moving story of one transformative day in Lucas´ life. An international bestseller, it is the masterpiece of one of Latin America´s most beloved writers, translated by Man Booker International winner Jennifer Croft.'At once a picaresque comedy and a penetrating study of a man on the verge of middle age' Colm Toibin
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-1-5266-5505-9
ProduktartTaschenbuch
EinbandartKartoniert, Paperback
Erscheinungsjahr2022
Erscheinungsdatum27.10.2022
Seiten160 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
MasseBreite 121 mm, Höhe 197 mm, Dicke 12 mm
Gewicht122 g
Artikel-Nr.58787182
Rubriken
GenreRomane Taschenbuch

Autor

Pedro Mairal is a professor of English literature in Buenos Aires. In 1998 he was awarded the Premio Clarín and in 2007 he was included in the Hay Festival's Bogotá 39 list, which named the 39 best Latin American authors under 39. Among his novels are A Night with Sabrina Love, which was made into a film and widely translated, and The Woman from Uruguay, which was a bestseller in Latin America and Spain and has been published in twelve countries.