This is not America : stories
Puntí, Jordi, 1967-2019
Book
As one of Catalonia's most acclaimed literary talents, Jordi Puntí's writing is "full of invention and consistently gripping" (The Times Literary Supplement). Now, he returns to his American audience with this breathtaking short story collection. Sharing the title of the David Bowie song, it travels from Spain to America and back, showing the differences between the two places. A man recalls a past love as he strolls through the lonely streets of Barcelona. A hitchhiker on the outskirts of the city of Vic carries his secrets in a briefcase. In northern Catalonia, a villager receives letters from a long-estranged brother and grapples with how to respond. Then there's the man who wants to surprise his wife with a trip to Paris, only to swap it for a solitary cruise.
Main title:
This is not America : stories / Jordi Puntí ; translated from Catalan by Julie Wark.
Author:
Puntí, Jordi, 1967-, authorWark, Julie, translator
Edition:
First Atria Books hardcover edition.
Imprint:
New York : Atria Books, 2019.
Collation:
208 pages ; 22 cm.
Notes:
Originally published in Spain in 2017 as Això no és Amèrica.Translated from Catalan.
Contents:
Vertical -- Blinker -- Kidney -- Consolation Prize -- My Best Friend's Mother -- Seven Days on the Love Boat -- Matter -- The Miracle of the Loaves and the Fishes -- Patience -- Author's Note.
ISBN:
9781982104719 (hardback)
Dewey class:
849.9354
Language:
EnglishCatalan
Added title:
BRN:
356610