Miguel Bonnefoy

Octavio's Journey (eBook, ePUB)

Übersetzer: Boyce, Emily

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Shortlisted for the Goncourt first novel award, Octavio's Journey is an epic fable about an extraordinary hero.



'Simply magical' Elle



A compact but kaleidoscopic fable of Venezuela from a stunning new voice in the magical realism tradition.



His body might have been hewn from a tree trunk; his heart would last for a hundred years. And, like a tree, he was one of those men who die standing up.



A chance meeting in the local pharmacy transforms the life of lonely, illiterate Octavio. He begins reading lessons and finds love and happiness for the very first time. But Octavio's destiny lies elsewhere, as he will discover on a journey into the Venezuelan rainforest.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Gallic Books
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. März 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781910477410
• Artikelnr.: 47766958

Autorenporträt

Miguel Bonnefoy was born in France in 1986 to a Venezuelan mother and a Chilean father. In 2013, he was awarded the prestigious Prix du Jeune Ecrivain. Octavio's Journey is his first novel, written in French.

Rezensionen

'A wonderful debut' Libération

'A hard-to-resist picaresque debut in the vein of Garcia Marquez's magical realism' Le Nouvel Observateur

'Simply magical' Elle

'A masterfully composed poetic and picaresque fable' Le Figaro

'A refreshing burst of writing, worth lapping up' Le Point

'If Miguel Bonnefoy's novel was a painting, it might be likened to a Diego Rivera piece' La Vie

'Young author Miguel Bonnefoy melds poetry and tragedy in a debut as brilliant as it is lightly fantastical' Stylist

'An unforgettable new voice' Le Soir