My Fathers' Ghost is Climbing in the Rain
Patricio Pron author Mara Faye Lethem translator
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Faber & Faber
Published:6th Jun '13
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My Fathers' Ghost is Climbing in the Rain by Patricio Pron is the stunning debut from one of Granta's Best Young Spanish-Language Novelists.
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.
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.
ISBN: 9780571277148
Dimensions: 218mm x 135mm x 18mm
Weight: 233g
224 pages
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