Way Far Away

By: Evelio Rosero

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Synopsis: A short, unforgettable masterwork by one of Colombia’s most influential living novelists. Far Far Away is the Colombian master Evelio Rosero’s ninth novel and has been billed by his Spanish publisher as “one of the most important Colombian works of fiction written in the past two decades.” In search of his missing granddaughter Rosaura, an old man named Jeremías Andrade arrives in a town strewn with dead mice and overflowing with mist and fog. The owner of a rotten hotel and the dwarf who always accompanies her; children who play with sinister soccer balls and observe life from the ruined rooftops; an albino named Bonifacio who appears and disappears like a ghost; the cart driver whose only task is to pick up the mice piling up night after night; the charitable nuns in a nearby convent — these are the characters that converge in a vigil turned nightmare. Jeremías’s wanderings reveal a haunting truth, and a possibility of reunion in a place where all is lost, a forever-gaping abyss.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 88 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9780811238083
Related ISBNs:: 9780811238076
Publisher:: New Directions
Date of Addition:: 03/05/24
Copyrighted By:: Evelio Rosero
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Politics and Government
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Translator:: Victor Meadowcroft
Translator:: Anne McLean