En Una Habitacion Ajena - by Damon Galgut (Paperback)

About the Book

A lonely young man travels through East Africa, Europe and India. Unsure of what he is looking for and with little desire to return to his homeland of South Africa, he follows the path of the travellers he meets. Seen as an admirer, a lover and a carer, each new episode - with an enigmatic stranger, a group of carefree backpackers, a woman on the edge - reveals aspects of his identity. On his journeys without a clear destination, letting chance set the path, he will learn that one cannot exist without encountering others. In a Stranger's Room, shortlisted for the 2010 Booker Prize, is an intense novel that speaks of rage and compassion, longing and frustrated desire. A disturbing and evocative exploration of how life unfolds.

About the Author

Damon Galgut (Pretoria, Sudáfrica, 1963) es novelista y dramaturgo. Ha publicado nueve novelas. Con la última de ellas, La promesa (2021, Libros del Asteroide, 2022), ganó el Premio Booker, galardón del que ya había sido finalista en dos ocasiones con El buen doctor (2003) y En una habitación ajena (2010; Libros del Asteroide, 2024). Su novela anterior, Arctic Summer (2014), fue seleccionada para los premios Walter Scott y Folio, y sus libros han sido traducidos a dieciséis idiomas. Actualmente vive y trabaja en Ciudad del Cabo.