Eduardo Halfon

Canción (eBook, ePUB)

Übersetzer: Dillman, Lisa; Hahn, Daniel

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The nomadic odyssey of Eduardo Halfon continues as he searches for answers surrounding his grandfather's abduction during the Guatemalan Civil War

Berman Literature Prize Winner * Cálamo Extraordinary Prize Winner

In Canción, Eduardo Halfon's eponymous wanderer is invited to a Lebanese writers' conference in Japan, where he reflects on his Jewish grandfather's multifaceted identity. To understand more about the cold, fateful day in January 1967 when his grandfather was abducted by Guatemalan guerillas, Halfon searches his childhood memories. Soon, chance encounters around the world lead to more clues about his grandfather's captors, including a butcher nicknamed Canción (or song). As a brutal and complex history emerges against the backdrop of the Guatemalan Civil War, Halfon finds echoes in the stories of a woman he meets in Japan whose grandfather survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.

Through exquisite prose and intricate storytelling, Halfon exposes the atrocities of war and the effect that silence and extreme violence have on family and identity.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bellevue Literary Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. September 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781954276086
• Artikelnr.: 63531868

Autorenporträt

Eduardo Halfon is the author of The Polish Boxer, Monastery, Mourning, Canción, and Tarantula. He is the recipient of the Guatemalan National Prize in Literature, International Latino Book Award, Edward Lewis Wallant Award, and Berman Literature Prize, among many other honors. A citizen of Guatemala and Spain, Halfon was born in Guatemala City, attended school in Florida and North Carolina, and has lived in Nebraska, Spain, Paris, and Berlin.