Name: In the Distance
Price: 14.84 EUR
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Author: Hernan Diaz
ISBN: 9781911547235

Type

Physical Book

Author

Hernan Diaz

Publisher

Daunt Books

Year

2018

Language

English

Pages

344

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

19 x 12 cm

ISBN13

9781911547235

In the Distance

Hernan Diaz (Author) · Daunt Books · Paperback

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Synopsis "In the Distance"

Finalist for the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

From the author of Trust, longlisted for the Booker Prize.

Håkan Söderström is a man who has become a legend. Giant in size, rumoured to be bloodthirsty and fearless, he is known simply as ‘the Hawk’.

But behind this myth is a tale of loss and survival. As a young man Håkan is sent from Gothenburg with his brother Linus to seek their fortunes in New York. In the chaos of the port, he is separated from Linus and finds himself instead on a ship bound for California. He speaks no English and has no money but determined to find his brother, Håkan sets out on a journey east. As he travels on foot he moves against the tide of history, experiencing the Gold Rush and its effects, encountering capitalists and colonialists, explorers and early scientists, and witnessing the formation of America and the betrayal of its dream.

In the Distance is a novel about radical foreignness – about being lost in a country that does not yet exist. As Håkan confronts desert and mountains, he is thrown between the threat of violence and devastating loneliness, all the while keeping the image of his brother, and the hope of companionship, in the distance.

Hernan Diaz

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Hernán Díaz (Buenos Aires 1973) is a writer and professor based in New York, author of two novels In the Distance (2017) and Trust (2022). The latter is going to be adapted as a series and broadcast by the American network HBO, with Díaz collaborating in its production.

Hernán migrated with his family to Sweden after the coup in Argentina in 1976. Upon the return of democracy, he went back to Argentina, where he studied Literature at the University of Buenos Aires. Later, he received a scholarship at King's College in London and completed his PhD at New York University. He resides in the United States, where he teaches at Columbia University.

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