Octavio's Journey (eBook)

Miguel Bonnefoy (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2025
96 Seiten
Pushkin Press (Verlag)
978-1-80533-391-3 (ISBN)

Infos

A compact but kaleidoscopic fable of Venezuela from a stunning new voice in the magical realism tradition.His body might have been hewn from a tree trunk; his heart would last for a hundred years. And, like a tree, he was one of those men who die standing up.A chance meeting in the local pharmacy transforms the life of lonely, illiterate Octavio. He begins reading lessons and finds love and happiness for the very first time. But Octavio's destiny lies elsewhere, as he will discover on a journey into the Venezuelan rainforest.Shortlisted for the Goncourt first novel award, this short but epic fable is both a hymn to Venezuela and the magical story of an extraordinary hero.

Autor

Miguel Bonnefoy was born in France in 1986 to a Venezuelan mother and a Chilean father. In 2013, he was awarded the Prix du Jeune Ecrivain, which previously launched the careers of Marie Darrieussecq and others. Octavio's Journey is Bonnefoy's first novel, written in French. It has sold more than 25,000 copies in France and has been awarded the Prix Edmée de la Rochefoucauld (for debut novels - past winners include Goncourt winner Mathias Enard), the Prix Fénéon and the Prix de la Vocation, which rewards new talent (past winners include Amélie Nothomb and Joël Dicker). The book was also shortlisted for the Prix des Cinq Continents and the Goncourt First Novel Award.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.1.2025
• Übersetzer: Emily Boyce
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Fantasy / Science Fiction ► Fantasy
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Schlagworte: Adventure • compact novel • Destiny • enchanting narrative. • epic story • extraordinary hero • Fable • first novel • Goncourt award • Hero's Journey • hymn to Venezuela • Illiteracy • journey of self-discovery • kaleidoscopic fable • life-changing journey • Literacy • local pharmacy • loneliness • love and happiness • magical realism • nature and humanity • octavio • Personal Growth • Rainforest • south american fiction • timeless themes • Transformation • Venezuela • Venezuelan culture • venezuelan folklore
• ISBN-10: 1-80533-391-7 / 1805333917
• ISBN-13: 978-1-80533-391-3 / 9781805333913