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Availability:In StockContributor:Eduardo Halfon, Lisa Dillman (Translator), Daniel Hahn (Translator)Publish date:2014-10-14Pages:160
Language:EnglishPublisher:Bellevue Literary PressISBN-13:9781934137826ISBN-10:1934137820UPC:9781934137826Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, Cultural Heritage, JewishSize:7.40 x 4.90 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.3505Product ID:SCJFVN330C

The nomadic odyssey of Eduardo Halfon continues as he searches for clues about his identity across Central America and Europe, New York and Jerusalem

In Monastery, Eduardo Halfon's eponymous wanderer travels from Guatemalan cities, villages, coffee plantations, and border towns to a private jazz concert in Harlem, a former German U-Boat base on the French Breton coast, and Israel, where he escapes from his sister's Orthodox Jewish wedding into an erotic adventure with the enigmatic Tamara. His passing encounters are unforgettable; his relationships, problematic. At once a world citizen and a writer who mistrusts the power of language, he is pursued by history's ghosts and unanswerable questions. He is a cartographer of identity on a compelling journey to an uncertain destination. As he draws and redraws his boundaries, he confronts us with the limitations of our own.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Bellevue Literary PressISBN-13:9781934137826ISBN-10:1934137820UPC:9781934137826Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, Cultural Heritage, JewishSize:7.40 x 4.90 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.3505Product ID:SCJFVN330C

Eduardo Halfon is the author of The Polish Boxer, Monastery, Mourning, and Canción. He is the recipient of the Guatemalan National Prize in Literature, Roger Caillois Prize, José María de Pereda Prize for the Short Novel, International Latino Book Award, and Edward Lewis Wallant Award, among other honors. A citizen of Guatemala and Spain, Halfon was born in Guatemala City, attended school in Florida and North Carolina, and has lived in Nebraska, Spain, Paris, and Berlin.


Publisher: Bellevue Literary Press

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