Keep straight on that way, turn left on Thursday and at night turn left again, and sooner or later you'll reach the sea ...Parker is an enigmatic trucker who spends his days driving on the infinite, mythical roads of Patagonia, an empty yet wildly beautiful landscape where people are brought together and separated by a shifting, omnipresent wind. Patagonia is a land populated by legends, adventures, and exotic characters, among them a journalist still hunting for Nazi submarines, cannibalistic Trinitarians who have given up eating meat, and a pair of evangelical Bolivian twins who resolutely guard a ghost train.Happiest behind the wheel, or playing his saxophone, Parker crosses these plains to escape a past he left behind long ago. Finally he finds a sense of direction when he meets Maytén, a strong and beautiful woman who works at a travelling fair. They are separated by an ill fate, but how will he find her in a land where directions change like the wind?Eduardo Fernando Varela creates and reinvents, out of an inhospitable terrain where nothing grows, an oceanic and extraordinary landscape. Patagonia Route 203 is an ode to liberty, to movement and to the beauty of creation.
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A road-trip novel that takes us on a journey of love and escape through the vast and magical landscape of Patagonia, where nothing and no-one are what they seem.
A novel crafted like a Coen Brothers' movie. A unique world is created that is as wild as it is devilishly human
A novel crafted like a Coen Brothers' movie. A unique world is created that is as wild as it is devilishly human - Le MondeA strange and hypnotic novel, filled with melancholic humour, inviting us to go on the road. Eduardo Varela drives us far away to listen to the poetry of the world - France InfoTo say that this adventure novel completely captivates you from beginning to end is not enough ... the author handles perfectly the art of suspense and storytelling - Le Figaro LitterairePatagonia Route 203 is a woken dream. A beautiful hymn to Patagonia, mysterious and enchanting - TransfugeEduardo Fernando Varela's debut novel is a witty exploration of the immutable mythology of Latin America's vast landscapes - Livres HebdoA debut novel that lifts us up in the air and that oscillates between a road-movie and an dreamlike tale - France Info CultureAn absolute wonder. An irresistible novel - Femme actuellePassionate ... compelling ... you must go on this wonderful route 203 - L'Obs
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A multi-award-winning debut novel. Winner of the Premio Literario Casa De Las Américas 2019, Prix du Premier roman: sélection catégorie romans étrangers, Prix Expression 2020 : sélection (prix de la librairie Expression à Châteauneuf de Grasse) 2020 and the Prix Transfuge du Meilleur roman hispanophone, 2020.
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781914495489
Publisert
2024
Utgiver
Vendor
Mountain Leopard Press
Vekt
560 gr
Høyde
236 mm
Bredde
160 mm
Dybde
38 mm
Aldersnivå
00, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
352

Forfatter
Oversetter

Biographical note

Eduardo Fernando Varela lives in Buenos Aires, where he writes scripts for cinema and television, and in Venice. Patagonia Route 203, winner of the Premio Casa de las Américas, is his first novel.

Peter Bush is the award-winning translator of Spanish and Catalan authors, among them Joan Sales, Josep Pla, Juan Goytisolo, Mercè Rodoreda and Leonardo Padura.