Talking to Ourselves

A searing family drama from one of Latin America's most original voices One trip. Two love stories. Three voices. Lito is ten years old and is almost sure he can change the weather when he concentrates very hard. His father, Mario, anxious to create a memory that will last for his son’s lifetime, takes him on a road trip in a truck called Pedro. But Lito doesn’t know that this might be their last trip: Mario is gravely ill. Together, father and son embark on a journey takes them through strange geographies that seem to meld the different parts of the Spanish-speaking world. In the meantime, Lito’s mother, Elena, restlessly seeks support in books, and soon undertakes an adventure of her own that will challenge her moral limits. Each narrative — of father, son, and mother — embodies one of the different ways that we talk to ourselves: through speech, through thought, and through writing. While neither of them dares to tell the complete truth to the other two, their individu...

Author: Neuman Andres
ISBN: 9780374167530
Year of publication: 2014
Translator: Caistor Nick
Genre: Modern prose
Number of pages: 139
Reading time: 2 h. 19 min.
Formats: FB2, EPUB, PDF
Language: english
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