The Arid Sky | Emiliano Monge
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Described as a literary atomic bomb (Luisn Gmez), Mexican literary star Emiliano Monges English-language debut is the Latin American incarnation of Cormac McCarthy: an artistically daring, gorgeously wrought, and eviscerating novel of biblical violence as told through the story of a man who, though he did not know it, was the era in which he lived. Set on a desolate, unnamed mesa, Emiliano Monges The Arid Sky distills the essence of a Latin America ruthlessly hollowed out by uncontainable violence. This is an unsparing yet magnificent land, whose only constants are loneliness, hatred, loyalty, and the struggle to return some small measure of meaning to life. Thundering and inventive, The Arid Sky narrates the signature moments in the life of Germn Alcantara Carnero: a man who is both exaltedly, viscerally real and is an ageless, nameless being capable of embodying entire eras, cultures, and conflicts. Monges roadmapan escape across borders, the disappearance of a young girl, the confrontation between a father and his son, the birth of a sick child, and murdertakes readers on a journey to the core of humankind that posits a challenge of the kind only great literature can pose. A blood-soaked yet lyrical story of regrets, memories, and the faint possibility of redemption, set in a parched Mexican mesa. Monge's first novel to be translated into English will open one of Mexico's most talented young writers to a new audience... Monge's sentences reflect the meandering structure, dizzying the reader with complexity and beauty.this style reflects Monge's overall message about the morphing shape of memories and how they all combine to form a person.Monge's novel is a brutal gem of a book concerned with the burdens of the past. Kirkus Reviews Rarely can we witness literature like this. Miguel ngel ngeles, Rolling Stone
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