Synopses & Reviews
Gabriel Ariz is an art professor relentlessly pursued by misfortunehis only daughter dies in a traffic accident, his wife decides to divorce him, and on top of it all, he is diagnosed with a severe kidney disease that will put him into unending hemodialysis sessions and force him to quit his job at the university.
Solitude, illness, failure, and the will to carry on despite it all are themes central to Gabriel's account of his experiencea quest for survival and a coming to terms with oneself.
Winner of the 2008 Premio Tiflos de Novela on its original publication in Spain.
Juan Gracia Armendáriz is a Spanish fiction writer and contributor to many Spanish newspapers.
Synopsis
A beautiful novel on mans capacity to overcome solitude, illness and failure. A homage to resilience and love of life.
Synopsis
Gabriel Ariz is an Art professor relentlessly pursued by misfortune: his only daughter dies in a traffic accident, his wife decides to divorce him and, on top of it all, he has to quit his job at University when he is diagnosed severe kidney disease.
Solitude, illness, the passing of time and, yet, the search for happiness, will reflect on
About the Author
Juan Gracia Armendáriz (Pamplona, 1965) is a Spanish fiction writer and contributor to many Spanish newspapers. He has also been part-time professor at the Universidad Complutense of Madrid, and has many works of literary and documentary research.
Jonathan Dunne translates from the Bulgarian, Catalan, Galician and Spanish languages. He has translated work by Tsvetanka Elenkova, Alicia Giménez-Bartlett, Lois Pereiro, Carme Riera, Manuel Rivas and Enrique Vila-Matas among others. He directs the publishing house Small Stations Press.