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El Cielo Árido / The Arid Sky - by Emiliano Monge (Paperback)

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  • XXVIII Premio Jaén de novela.
  • About the Author: Emiliano Monge (Ciudad de México, 1978) es politólogo y escritor.
  • 224 Pages
  • Fiction + Literature Genres, Literary

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"Asâi comienza El cieloâarido, la historia de Germâan Alcâantara Carnero: de los hombres y las mujeres que vivieron a su lado y de la meseta en la que Monge destila las esencias de una Latinoamâerica salvaje. Un lugarâarido, donde lasâunicas constantes parecieran ser la soledad, la violencia, la lealtad y la lucha cotidiana por hacerse con una escala de valores que dote de sentido a la existencia. Narrada a partir de los instantes memorables de la vida de Germâan -la huida de un par de muchachos a otra patria, los avatares de una guerra interminable, la desapariciâon de una niäna, la rebeliâon de unos creyentes, el enfrentamiento de un hijo con su padre, el nacimiento de un bebâe enfermo, el encasquetarse de un arma, la contemplaciâon de un asesinato-, El cieloâarido es un viaje al corazâon del ser humano y un desafâio al lector, oportunidad que sâolo da la gran literatura."--Publisher marketing.



Book Synopsis



XXVIII Premio Jaén de novela.

«Ésta es la historia de un hombre que sin saberlo fue su siglo y la de un lugar que se condensa aquí en un nombre propio; Germán Alcántara Carnero. Una historia de violencia incontenible y natural que exige ser contada como una biografía discontinua y que no debía empezar aquí»

Así comienza El cielo árido, la historia de Germán Alcántara Carnero: de los hombres y las mujeres que vivieron a su lado y de la meseta en la que Monge destila las esencias de una Latinoamérica salvaje. Un lugar árido, donde las únicas constantes parecieran ser la soledad, la violencia, la lealtad y la lucha cotidiana por hacerse con una escala de valores que dote de sentido a la existencia.

Narrada a partir de los instantes memorables de la vida de Germán -la huida de un par de muchachos a otra patria, los avatares de una guerra interminable, la desaparición de una niña, la rebelión de unos creyentes, el enfrentamiento de un hijo con su padre, el nacimiento de un bebé enfermo, el encasquetarse de un arma, la contemplación de un asesinato-, El cielo árido es un viaje al corazón del ser humano y un desafío al lector, oportunidad que sólo da la gran literatura.

«Impactante y sugestiva, consecuencia de un mundo interior abrumador, la novela de Monge se queda instalada en la memoria» -Daniel Sada.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

28th Jaén Novel Prize.

"This dark, sprawling novel was the English language debut of Emiliano Monge, a Mexican writer who is often compared to the US literary superstar Cormac McCarthy. Written in a tone that evokes McCarthy's unrelenting classic Blood Meridian, the novel tells the story of Germán Alcántara Carnero, a dangerous campesino fighting to survive in rural 20th century Mexico, and also a metaphor for the spiraling violence of contemporary Mexican society." ―Culture Trip

Set on a desolate, unnamed mesa, Emiliano Monge's The Arid Sky distills the essence of a Latin America ruthlessly hollowed out by uncontainable violence. This is an unsparing yet magnificent land, whose only constants are loneliness, hatred, loyalty, and the struggle to return some small measure of meaning to life.

Thundering and inventive, The Arid Sky narrates the signature moments in the life of Germán Alcantara Carnero: a man who is both exaltedly, viscerally real and is an ageless, nameless being capable of embodying entire eras, cultures, and conflicts. Monge's roadmap―an escape across borders, the disappearance of a young girl, the confrontation between a father and his son, the birth of a sick child, and murder―takes readers on a journey to the core of humankind that posits a challenge of the kind only great literature can pose.



About the Author



Emiliano Monge (Ciudad de México, 1978) es politólogo y escritor. Ha publicado los libros de relatos Arrastrar esa sombra (2008) y La superficie más honda (Literatura Random House, 2017); las novelas Morirse de memoria (2010), El cielo árido (Literatura Random House, 2012; ganadora del XXVIII Premio Jaén de Novela y del V Premio Otras Voces, Otros Ámbitos), y Las tierras arrasadas (Literatura Random House, 2015), ganadora del IX Premio Iberoamericano de Novela Elena Poniatowska y del English PEN Award, así como del libro infantil Los insectos invisibles (2013). Relatos suyos aparecen en varias antologías, entre las que destacan Lo desorden (Alfaguara, 2013), México20: New Voices, Old Traditions (2015) y Bogotá39: New Voices From Latin America (2018). Ha recibido reconocimientos de la Feria Internacional del Libro de Guadalajara, del Conaculta, del Hay Festival, de Bogotá39 y del Consejo Británico. Su obra ha sido traducida a diversos idiomas.
Dimensions (Overall): 7.4 Inches (H) x 4.88 Inches (W) x .63 Inches (D)
Weight: .35 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 224
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Sub-Genre: Literary
Publisher: Debolsillo
Format: Paperback
Author: Emiliano Monge
Language: Spanish
Street Date: March 21, 2023
TCIN: 87766915
UPC: 9786073820639
Item Number (DPCI): 247-44-5797
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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