| My Fathers' Ghost Is Climbing in the Rain Contributor(s): Pron, Patricio (Author), Lethem, Mara Faye (Translator), de Ocampo, Ramon (Read by) |
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ISBN: 1620648830 ISBN-13: 9781620648834 Publisher: Audiogo OUR PRICE: $26.96 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: May 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Cultural Heritage - Fiction | Family Life - General - Fiction | Historical - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.3" W x 5.7" (0.30 lbs) |
| Themes: - Topical - Family - Cultural Region - Latin America - Chronological Period - 1950-1999 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A young writer, living abroad, returns home to his native Argentina to say goodbye to his dying father. In his parents' house, he finds a cache of documents--articles, maps, photographs--and unwittingly begins to unearth his father's obsession with the disappearance of a local man. Suddenly he comes face to face with the ghosts of Argentina's dark political past and long-forgotten memories of his family's resistance against an oppressive military regime. Told through the fragments of the narrator's investigation--as he pieces together not only a portrait of his father but also the legacy of an entire generation--My Fathers' Ghost Is Climbing in the Rain is a completely original story of family and remembrance: an audacious accomplishment by an acclaimed new voice. |
Contributor Bio(s): Pron, Patricio: - Patricio Pron, born in 1975, is the author of three story collections and four previous novels and also works as a translator and critic. His fiction has appeared in Granta, Zoetrope: All-Story, and the Paris Review, and has received numerous prizes, including the Juan Rulfo Short Story Award and the Jaen Novel Prize. He lives in Madrid. Lethem, Mara Faye: -Mara Faye Lethem is a Brooklyn-born, Barcelona-based writer and literary translator from Catalan and Spanish. Her translations have appeared in The Best American Non-Required Reading 2010, Granta, the Paris Review, and McSweeney's. de Ocampo, Ramon: -Ramon de Ocampo has won nine AudioFile Earphones Awards for his audiobook narrations. A graduate of the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama, he has been seen on television, film, and stages all over the world, including recurring roles on such television shows as The West Wing, 12 Monkeys, Sons of Anarchy, and Medium. He is the winner of a prestigious Obie Award for his stage work. |