Bøger af Patricio Pron

Who are we really? What makes us the people we think we are, and what happens when what we thought we were gives way to something else? What is the secret nature of the things of this world? Olivia heads to Manchester. And what she will remember is something she forgot she knew about her father, who disappeared when she was fourteen. Olivia is an actress. Edward Byrne was a visual artist; when he left, he left hundreds of unanswered questions, but no evidence, no certainty, no corpse... Patricio Pron debuts at Editorial Anagrama with a novel about family, flight, loss and its paradoxical advantages; about imposture, vocation, fear of the future and the possibility that the deep meaning of the things of this world is found in the stories we tell ourselves. A magnetic and unique detective story about those mysteries that are part of our most secret nature.

«Perspicaz, de inteligencia sutil, estilo exquisito, Pron es uno de los escritores más importantes en lengua española.' -Alberto Manguel Un circo representa una última función que acaba en tragedia, un periodista busca una historia que jamás podrá permitirse contar, una vaca argentina vislumbra el instante antes de que todo cambie para siempre, varios niños desaparecen en un pueblo alemán, un hombre trata de recrear el momento más feliz de su vida... Con ecos de Borges, de Bolaño, de Aira, y de escritoras que considera sus maestras, como Flannery O'Connor, Lorrie Moore y Amy Hempel, los relatos de Patricio Pron, perturbadores, rompedores, llenos de humor y toques surrealistas, cautivan desde la primera línea. Este volumen recoge una selección de autor en la que, junto a algunas de sus piezas más celebradas por la crítica, como «Salon des refusés', «Es el realismo', «Las ideas' o «La repetición', se encuentran otras poco conocidas y más de diez inéditas, de escritura muy reciente. Cada una de ellas proporciona una experiencia de lectura deslumbrante y única, la oportunidad de emprender un viaje hacia lo desconocido e inesperado. Trayéndolo todo de regreso a casa nos asoma al universo narrativo de uno de los autores más radicalmente originales del panorama literario contemporáneo en español. «Muestra de forma convincente (a la vez que explora) el poder que posee la ficción para descubrir las verdades emocionales más profundamente enterradas.' ENGLISH DESCRIPTION "Insightful, subtle intelligence, exquisite style, Pron is one of the most important writers in the Spanish language". -Alberto manguel A circus represents a final performance that ends in tragedy, a journalist searches for a story that he can never afford to tell, an Argentine cow glimpses the moment before everything changes forever, several children disappear in a German town, a man tries to recreate the happiest moment of his life... With echoes of Borges, Bolaño, Aira, and writers he considers his teachers, such as Flannery O'Connor, Lorrie Moore and Amy Hempel; Patricio Pron's stories, disturbing, groundbreaking, full of humor and with a touch of the surreal, captivate from the first line. This volume is a collection from the author in which, along with some of his most celebrated pieces, such as "Salon des refusés," "Es el realismo," "Las ideas" or "La repetición," there are little known titles and more than ten of his recent unpublished stories. Each of them provides a dazzling and unique reading experience, the opportunity to embark on a journey into the unknown and unexpected. Bringing It All Back Home brings us into the narrative universe of one of the most radically original authors on the contemporary Spanish literary scene. "It convincingly shows (while exploring) the power of fiction to uncover the most deeply buried emotional truths.

Patricio Pron er blevet udråbt til at være en af de allerbedste nye spansksprogede forfattere. Som Robert Bollaño i 'De vilde detektiver' blander Pron i denne roman den personlige historie med den blodige og voldsomme sydamerikanske historie. Resulatet er i Prons hænder en mere tilgængelig og uhyggeligt spændende fortælling om at få en fortid, som man ikke troede vedkom en, på meget tæt hold. En ung journalist må forlade sit liv i Tyskland og tage hjem til Argentina, da hans far bliver syg. Hjemme kommer han på sporet af sin fars fortid som aktiv i modstandsbevægelsen under Argentinas brutale diktatur i halvfjerdserne. Han finder ud af ting om sin far, som han aldrig har kendt til. Hvem er for eksempel den kvinde, der hele tiden dukker op i farens breve, og har hans far noget med det bestialske mord at gøre, som han har gemt avisartikler og andre dokumenter om?

This is a daring, deeply affecting novel about the secrets buried in the past of an Argentine family; a story of fathers and sons, corruption and responsibility, memory and history, with a mystery at its heart.A young writer, living abroad, returns home to his native Argentina to say goodbye to his dying father. In his parents' house, he finds a cache of documents - articles, maps, photographs - and unwittingly begins to unearth his father's obsession with the disappearance of a local man. Suddenly he comes face to face with the ghosts of Argentina's dark political past and with the long-hidden memories of his family's underground resistance against an oppressive military regime. As the fragments of the narrator's investigation fall into place - revealing not only a part of his father's life he had tried to forget, but also the legacy of an entire generation - My Father's Ghost Is Climbing in the Rain tells a completely original story of family and remembrance. It is an audacious accomplishment by an internationally acclaimed voice.