Author: Sam Shepard
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This searing, extraordinarily evocative narrative opens with a man in his house at dawn, surrounded by aspens, coyotes cackling in the distance as he quietly navigates the distance between present and past. As memory overtakes him, he sees the bygone America of his childhood: the farmland and the feedlots, the railyards and the diners—and, most hauntingly, his father’s young girlfriend, with whom he also became involved, setting into motion a tragedy that has stayed with him. His complex interiority is filtered through views of mountains and deserts as he drives across the country, propelled by Benzedrine, rock and roll, and a restlessness born out of exile. The rhythms of theater, the language of poetry, and a flinty humor combine in this stunning meditation on the nature of experience, at once celebratory, surreal, poignant, and unforgettable. / De madrugada, echado en la cama, debatiéndose entre el sueño y la vigilia, un hombre solitario medita, evoca escenas y ajusta cuentas con el pasado. Por su cabeza merodean recuerdos, en ocasiones fugaces, de su juventud, de su carrera como actor, de la relación compleja con su padre y del papel de las mujeres en su vida. La figura paterna aparece de modo recurrente en muchos de esos episodios lejanos: ese padre que formó parte de la tripulación de un bombardero en la Segunda Guerra Mundial, ese padre que tenía una novia muy joven, Felicity, con la que también él mantuvo una relación, formando un triángulo que acabaría desembocando en tragedia... Una novela crepuscular y elusiva en la que se filtran pinceladas autobiográficas, un testamento literario por todo lo alto, que viene además precedido por un bellísimo prólogo de Patti Smith.
Pages: 216
Imprint: Anagrama
Format: Paperback
Collection: Panorama de narrativas
BISAC Code: FIC019000
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