The Missing Year of Juan Salvatierra by Mairal, Pedro

The Missing Year of Juan Salvatierra (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781939931078)

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The Missing Year of Juan Salvatierra by Mairal, Pedro

The Missing Year of Juan Salvatierra

$15.49
The Missing Year of Juan Salvatierra by Mairal, Pedro

The Missing Year of Juan Salvatierra

$15.49
Format: Paperback
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A simple mystery constructed very cleverly ... an atmospheric and understated book with vivid settings and characters, a true delight to read.-10 Best Books Shorter than 150 Pages, Publishers Weekly

At age nine, Juan Salvatierra became mute following a horse riding accident. At twenty, he began secretly painting a series of long rolls of canvas, minutely detailing six decades of life in his village on Argentina's river frontier with Uruguay. After the death of Salvatierra, his sons return to the village from Buenos Aires to deal with their inheritance: a shed packed with canvases stretching over two miles in length, depicting personal and communal history. Museum curators come calling to acquire this strange, gargantuan artwork but an essential one of its rolls is missing. A search that illuminates the links between art and life ensues, as an intrigue of family secrets buried in the past cast their shadows on the present.

Pedro Mairal, born in Buenos Aires in 1970, is one of the most exciting Argentine novelists of his generation. In 2007 he was included in the Bogot 39, which named the best Latin American authors.


Author: Pedro Mairal
ISBN-10: 193993107X
ISBN-13: 9781939931078
Publisher: New Vessel Press
Language: English
Published: 07/15/2013
Pages: 118
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.40d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 07/22/2013

By Pedro Mairal
By Pedro Mairal
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Pedro Mairal made a splash with his debut novel, Una noche con Sabrina Love, which tells the story of an 18-year-old boy who wins a night with a porn star of his dreams. That book was made into a film by Alejandro Agresti and was widely translated. Mairal, who was born in Buenos Aires in 1970, is a professor of English literature; he has been recognized as one of the most original voices in Latin American literature today, and in 1998 was awarded the Premio Clarín. He is also the author of the book of short stories Hoy temprano and the novel El año del desierto. In 2007 he was included in the Bogotá 39, which named the best Latin American authors.

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