Inspired by real events, Affections is the story of the eccentric, fascinating Ertl clan, headed by the egocentric and extraordinary Hans, once the cameraman for the Nazi propagandist Leni Riefenstahl. Shortly after the end of World War II, Hans and his family flee to Bolivia to start over. There, the ever-restless Hans decides to embark on an expedition in search of the fabled lost Inca city of Paititi, enlisting two of his daughters to join him on his outlandish quest into the depths of the Amazon, with disastrous consequences.    Set against the backdrop of the both optimistic and violent 1950s and 1960s, Affections traces the Ertls's slow and inevitable breakdown through the various erratic trajectories of each family member: Hans's undertakings of colossal, foolhardy projects and his subsequent spectacular failures; his daughter Monika, heir to his adventurous spirit, who joins the Bolivian Marxist guerrillas and becomes known as "Che Guevara's avenger"; and his wife and two younger sisters left to pick up the pieces in their wake. In this short but powerful work, Hasb�n weaves a masterfully layered tale of how a family's voyage of discovery ends up eroding the affections that once held it together.

Affections

Rodrigo Hasbún

Pushkin Press

Granta 113, published simultaneously in Spain as Los Mejores Narradores Jovenes en Espanol, showcases the work of 22 promising new writers. It is eagerly anticipated, as Granta's previous Best Young Novelist issues have been startlingly accurate, calling out the work of writers from Salman Rushdie to Jonathan Franzen and Zadie Smith. Here, for the first time in translation, we predict the literary stars of the future. CONTENTS 7 Foreword Aurelio Major Valerie Miles 11 Cohiba Lucia Puenzo (translated by Valerie Miles) 29 Stars and Stripes Santiago Roncagliolo (translated by Edith Grossman) 41 After Effects Oliverio Coelho (translated by Anne McLean) 51 The Coming Flood Andres Barba (translated by Lisa Dillman) 65 The Place of Losses Rodrigo Hasbun (translated by Carolina De Robertis) 81 Conditions for the Revolution Pola Oloixarac (translated by Mara Faye Lethem) 99 The Hotel Life Javier Montes (translated by Margaret Jull Costa) 115 Gigantomachy Pablo Guitierrez (translated by Anna Kushner) 123 After Helena Andres Neuman (translated by Richard Gwyn) 135 Eva and Diego Alberto Olmos (translated by Peter Bush) 147 The Survivor Sonia Hernandez (translated by Samantha Schnee) 157 Scenes from a Comfortable Life Andres Ressia Colino (translated by Katherine Silver) 169 Seltz Carlos Yushimito (translated by Alfred Mac Adam) 187 The Girls Resembled Each Other in the Unfathomable Carlos Labbe (translated by Natasha Wimmer) 195 In Utah There Are Mountains Too Federico Falco (translated by Alfred Mac Adam) 217 Small Mouth, Thin Lips Antonio Ortuno (translated by Tanya Huntington Hyde) 233 Gerardo’s Letters Elvira Navarro (translated by Natasha Wimmer) 243 The Bonfire and the Chessboard Matias Nespolo (translated by Frank Wynne) 263 The Cuervo Brothers Andres Felipe Solano (translated by Nick Caistor) 273 Olingiris Samanta Schweblin (translated by Daniel Alarcon) 287 Ways of Going Home Alejandro Zambra (translated by Megan McDowell) 301 A Few Words on the Life Cycle of Frogs Patricio Pron (translated by Janet Hendrickson) 321 Notes on translators

Granta 113: The Best of Young Spanish Language Novelists (Los Mejores Narradores Jovenes en Espanol)

Pola Oloixarac

Carlos Labbe'

Federico Falco

Literature & Fiction

Granta

EL MEJOR PUNTO DE ENCUENTRO DE UN GRUPO DE ESCRITORES DEBE SER EL ESPACIO DE UN LIBRO. Y. precisamente. esta antología agrupa a los 39 escritores menores de 40 años. seleccionados dentro de la gran cantidad de autores que imaginan y publican ahora mismo desde todas las ciudades de América Latina.La presente antología de cuento latinoamericano. Bogotá 39. hace honor a la diversidad. a la inmensa riqueza de puntos de vista y escrituras que conviven. por lo general. ignoradas en nuestro idioma. Este libro desea eliminar ese injusto desconocimiento de nuestros autores. Apostar por el reconocimiento de tantas y diversas formas de entender la literatura.El lector se sorprenderá en muchos casos al confirmar los matices. las similitudes y las abiertas diferencias entre los escritores incluidos. Pero se emocionará aún más. al descubrir a escritores jóvenes de nuestra lengua en un ejercicio de plena madurez literaria. poseedores de un universo de preocupaciones propio y de la personalidad distinguible de una escritura profunda y mayor.

bogota 39 antologia de cuento latinoamericano

Wendy Guerra

JUNOT DÍAZ

Daniel Alarcón

Eduardo Halfon

João Paulo Cuenca

Gabriela Alemán

Álvaro Enrigue

Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro

Rodrigo Blanco Calderón

Claudia Amengual

Álvaro Bisama

Pablo Casacuberta

Gonzalo Garcés

Antonio García Ángel

EDICIONES B COLOMBIA

LOS AFECTOS

Literatura Random House

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