Fernando Sdrigotti is an Argentine writer and cultural critic. He is the author of several books and pamphlets, including <i>Shitstorm </i>(Open Pen, 2018), <i>Grey Tropic </i>(Dostoyevsky Wannabe, 2019), <i>Jolts </i>(Influx Press, 2020), and <i>We Are But Nothing </i>(Rough Trade Books, 2023). He lives in London.
Overwhelmed by a sense of foreboding, a young man seeks solace in a privatised cathedral, comically navigating religious bureaucracy, economic crisis, and existential angst.
A journey to scatter his grandparents’ ashes turns into a tragicomedy, as an unnamed man explores the changes in the city he left behind.
A Foreign Country is the Past is the sensorial new collection from the acclaimed author of Jolts. Centering on identity and memory, viewed through a distinctive Argentine lens, these fifteen tales are a profound exploration of the spaces between places and the echoes of time.