El Nadador En El Mar Secreto - by William Kotzwinkle (Paperback)

About the Book

On a freezing night, an expectant father takes his wife to the hospital as she is about to give birth. But the tense calm of labor is shattered, and a future vanishes. Because nothing is set in stone, and the promise of birth can, in an instant, impose on hope a denial as tragic as it is inevitable. Through a narrative confined to twenty-four hours, seemingly simple and linear, we witness the fragility of fate, the powerful force of parental love, and the acceptance of an unwanted reality. Originally published in 1975, The Swimmer in the Secret Sea transcends its autobiographical origins to become a short novel that reaches heights of emotion, precision, and poetry uncommon in the history of literature. An undisputed classic in our catalog that endures for its sobriety, beauty, and unique ability to deeply move the reader.

About the Author

William Kotzwinkle (Scranton, 1943) es un autor estadounidense polifacético y de culto, reconocido por su versatilidad como novelista, poeta y guionista de cine. Si bien su trabajo abarca incursiones en la ciencia ficción y la literatura fantástica e infantil, Kotzwinkle sigue siendo una figura destacada del movimiento contracultural, a menudo asociado con autores seminales como Kerouac, Ginsberg y Burroughs. A lo largo de su trayectoria, ha sido galardonado con el National Magazine Award for Fiction, el World Fantasy Award y ha estado nominado en varias ocasiones para el National Book Critics Circle Award. Su singular voz también le valió el Prix Littéraire des Bouquinistes des Quais de Paris, consolidando su lugar como una figura única en la literatura contemporánea.