Bruno Folner's Last Tango
Published on 11. February 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
170 pages
978-1-945680-41-0 (ISBN)
Description
Out of love and desperation, a man suddenly sees the possibility of changing his life completely and goes for it. It's a daring move, and as with every bold venture, there's a price to pay. In this case, a very high one that involves the death of all that he loves, and the need to abandon his identity and reinvent himself. Bruno Folner's Last Tango tells the story of the transformation of a man who knows death is stalking him and so he bets all he has on life, even at the cost of losing everything. With an absolute control over the psychology of a character who knows himself less than he believes, and an exquisite prose, translated by Rhonda Dahl Buchanan, this new novel by the Argentine writer Mempo Giardinelli narrates a journey of passion toward the unknown. It may end in tragedy or liberation, but the journey, justifies the end.
Reviews / Votes
"The most recent novel by the Argentine writer Mempo Giardinelli narrates the journey of a man in search of happiness. Giardinelli's novel is based on the fantasy of living another life, leaving everything behind and starting over. It shifts between the paradox of a man who feels guilty and one who found happiness by making a radical change in his life." - Revista Diners Club"The book ends without betraying its driving force. Parting from a restrained liberating despair, it remains faithful to an existentialist stoicism that unites transparency with passion." - Diario La Nacion, Buenos Aires
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Language
English
Place of publication
Buffalo
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
181 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-945680-41-0 (9781945680410)
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Mempo Giardinelli is an award-winning author of novels, short stories, essays, and children's fiction, and a journalist. He lived in exile, in Mexico (1976-1984), where his first works of fiction were published. He has taught Latin American literature at universities in Argentina, Mexico, and the United States.
Giardinelli has garnered many prestigious awards for his works of fiction and essays, among them the Premio Romulo Gallegos (1993), which is the most important literary award in the Spanish-speaking world. His works have been translated to twenty-six languages.
Rhonda Dahl Buchanan is a Professor of Spanish and the Director of the Latin American and Latino Studies Program at the University of Louisville. She has translated the narrative fiction of the Argentine writers Ana Maria Shua, Perla Suez, Tununa Mercado, and Mempo Giardinelli, and the Mexican writer Alberto Ruy Sanchez, among others, and is the author of numerous critical studies on contemporary Latin American writers.
Giardinelli has garnered many prestigious awards for his works of fiction and essays, among them the Premio Romulo Gallegos (1993), which is the most important literary award in the Spanish-speaking world. His works have been translated to twenty-six languages.
Rhonda Dahl Buchanan is a Professor of Spanish and the Director of the Latin American and Latino Studies Program at the University of Louisville. She has translated the narrative fiction of the Argentine writers Ana Maria Shua, Perla Suez, Tununa Mercado, and Mempo Giardinelli, and the Mexican writer Alberto Ruy Sanchez, among others, and is the author of numerous critical studies on contemporary Latin American writers.