Overview
"Uno de los autores más venerados y exitosos de América Latina". —The Guardian
El amanecer de un marido, una reflexión intimista y franca sobre el ocaso del amor, recoge dieciséis relatos que abordan asuntos fundamentales de la narrativa de Abad Faciolince: el deseo y su pérdida, los desencuentros, la herida punzante del desamor.
Sus personajes son atravesados por la añoranza, el hastío provocado por la rutina conyugal, los celos y la infidelidad. Aparecen aquí, entre otras figuras, un marido que se despierta todos los días al lado de su esposa, para darse cuenta de que ya no la desea como antes; un hombre que observa celoso a su mujer desde la distancia, mientras ella pasa el tiempo con extraños que parecen seducirla, y una mujer que redacta un memorial de agravios en el que le reclama a su esposo por haberla dejado de querer.
La melancolía y la conciencia frente al paso del tiempo son las pulsiones que definen este universo literario creado con dolorosa lucidez por su autor, en el cual irrumpen el narcotráfico y la violencia como recordatorios constantes de nuestra convulsionada realidad. "Lo que voy leyendo de Héctor Abad Faciolince lo voy guardando como migas de pan muy esféricas, pulidas, luminosas, para cuando tenga que atravesar el gran bosque de la noche". - Manuel Rivas, El País
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
“One of Latin America’s most revered and successful authors.” —The Guardian
The Dawn of a Husband, an intimate and candid reflection on the decline of love, brings together sixteen stories that address fundamental themes in Abad Faciolince’s narrative: desire and its loss, misunderstandings, and the sharp pain of heartbreak.
His characters are consumed by longing, boredom caused by marital routine, jealousy, and infidelity. Among other figures, we encounter a husband who wakes up every day next to his wife, only to realize that he no longer desires her as he once did; a man who jealously watches his wife from a distance as she spends time with strangers who seem to seduce her, and a woman who writes a list of grievances in which she reproaches her husband for having stopped loving her.
Melancholy and awareness of the passage of time are the driving forces behind this literary universe, created with painful lucidity by its author, in which drug trafficking and violence burst in as constant reminders of our turbulent reality. “What I read by Héctor Abad Faciolince, I keep like very spherical, polished, luminous breadcrumbs for when I have to cross the great forest of the night.” —Manuel Rivas, El País
El amanecer de un marido, una reflexión intimista y franca sobre el ocaso del amor, recoge dieciséis relatos que abordan asuntos fundamentales de la narrativa de Abad Faciolince: el deseo y su pérdida, los desencuentros, la herida punzante del desamor.
Sus personajes son atravesados por la añoranza, el hastío provocado por la rutina conyugal, los celos y la infidelidad. Aparecen aquí, entre otras figuras, un marido que se despierta todos los días al lado de su esposa, para darse cuenta de que ya no la desea como antes; un hombre que observa celoso a su mujer desde la distancia, mientras ella pasa el tiempo con extraños que parecen seducirla, y una mujer que redacta un memorial de agravios en el que le reclama a su esposo por haberla dejado de querer.
La melancolía y la conciencia frente al paso del tiempo son las pulsiones que definen este universo literario creado con dolorosa lucidez por su autor, en el cual irrumpen el narcotráfico y la violencia como recordatorios constantes de nuestra convulsionada realidad. "Lo que voy leyendo de Héctor Abad Faciolince lo voy guardando como migas de pan muy esféricas, pulidas, luminosas, para cuando tenga que atravesar el gran bosque de la noche". - Manuel Rivas, El País
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
“One of Latin America’s most revered and successful authors.” —The Guardian
The Dawn of a Husband, an intimate and candid reflection on the decline of love, brings together sixteen stories that address fundamental themes in Abad Faciolince’s narrative: desire and its loss, misunderstandings, and the sharp pain of heartbreak.
His characters are consumed by longing, boredom caused by marital routine, jealousy, and infidelity. Among other figures, we encounter a husband who wakes up every day next to his wife, only to realize that he no longer desires her as he once did; a man who jealously watches his wife from a distance as she spends time with strangers who seem to seduce her, and a woman who writes a list of grievances in which she reproaches her husband for having stopped loving her.
Melancholy and awareness of the passage of time are the driving forces behind this literary universe, created with painful lucidity by its author, in which drug trafficking and violence burst in as constant reminders of our turbulent reality. “What I read by Héctor Abad Faciolince, I keep like very spherical, polished, luminous breadcrumbs for when I have to cross the great forest of the night.” —Manuel Rivas, El País
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