{"product_id":"talking-to-ourselves-paperback","title":"Talking to Ourselves - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAndrés Neuman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA searing family drama from one of Latin America's most original voices\u003c\/b\u003eOne trip. Two love stories. Three voices. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLito is ten years old and is almost sure he can change the weather when he concentrates very hard. His father, Mario, anxious to create a memory that will last for his son's lifetime, takes him on a road trip in a truck called Pedro. But Lito doesn't know that this might be their last trip: Mario is gravely ill. Together, father and son embark on a journey takes them through strange geographies that seem to meld the different parts of the Spanish-speaking world. In the meantime, Lito's mother, Elena, restlessly seeks support in books, and soon undertakes an adventure of her own that will challenge her moral limits. Each narrative--of father, son, and mother--embodies one of the different ways that we talk to ourselves: through speech, through thought, and through writing. While neither of them dares to tell the complete truth to the other two, their individual voices nonetheless form a poignant conversation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSooner or later, we all face loss. Andr s Neuman movingly narrates the ways the lives of those who survive loss are transformed; how that experience changes our ideas about time, memory, and our own bodies; and how the acts of reading, and of sex, can serve as powerful modes of resistance. \u003ci\u003eTalking to Ourselves\u003c\/i\u003e presents a tender yet unsentimental portrait of the workings of love and family; a reflection both on grief and on the consolation of words. Neuman, the author of the award-winning \u003ci\u003eTraveler of the Century\u003c\/i\u003e, displays his characteristic warmth, bittersweet humor, and wide-ranging intellect, giving us the rich, textured, and strikingly different voices and experiences of three singular characters while presenting, above all, a profound tribute to those who have ever had to care for a loved one.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrés Neuman\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1977 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and grew up in Spain. He was selected as one of \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e's Best of Young Spanish-Language Novelists and was elected to the Bogotá39 list. \u003ci\u003eTraveler of the Century \u003c\/i\u003e(FSG, 2012) was the winner of the Alfaguara Prize and the National Critics Prize, Spain's two most prestigious literary awards, as well as of a special commendation from the jury of the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize. Neuman has taught Latin American literature at the University of Granada.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.1 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 07, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42694642761791,"sku":"9780374535131","price":21.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/e5070c151b9811638ffad840663a8b9b.webp?v=1765001797","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/talking-to-ourselves-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}