Carla Guelfenbein. (2018). In the Distance with You: A Novel. Other Press.

Carla Guelfenbein. 2018. In the Distance With You: A Novel. Other Press.

Carla Guelfenbein, In the Distance With You: A Novel. Other Press, 2018.

Carla Guelfenbein. In the Distance With You: A Novel. Other Press, 2018.

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   • bioText: Carla Guelfenbein studied biology at Essex University. She also studied graphic design at St. Martin’s School of Art in London. Back in Chile she worked as Art director in BBDO, and fashion editor at ELLE. She is the author of the novels El revés del alma, La mujer de mi vida, El resto es silencio, Nadar desnudas, Contigo en la distancia, and a number of short stories which have appeared in important magazines and anthologies. Her work has been translated into 14 languages by the most prestigious editorial houses in Europe. Guelfenbein is one of the last best-selling phenomenas of the Chilean narrative. Her second novel ousted Dan Brown in the top of the ranking. Contigo en la distancia won the important Alfaguara prize, and was simultaneously launched in Spain and Latin America.
     John Cullen is the translator of many books from Spanish, French, German, and Italian, including Susanna Tamaro’s Follow Your Heart, Philippe Claudel’s Brodeck, Carla Guelfenbein’s In the Distance with You, Juli Zeh’s Empty Hearts, Patrick Modiano’s Villa Triste, and Kamel Daoud’s The Meursault Investigation. He lives in upstate New York.
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ABOUT THIS BOOK...
This Chilean literary thriller tells the story of three lives intertwined with that of an enigmatic author, whose character is inspired by the groundbreaking Brazilian writer Clarice Lispector.
Vera Sigall, now eighty years old, has lived a mysterious, ascetic life far from the limelight of literary circles. This powerful character has a profound effect on those around her—Daniel, an architect and her neighbor and friend, unhappy in his marriage and career; Emilia, a Franco-Chilean student who travels to Santiago to write a thesis on the elusive Vera; and Horacio, an acclaimed poet with whom Vera had a tumultuous, passionate affair in her youth.
As Daniel, Emilia, and Horacio tell their stories, they reconstruct Vera’s past, and search for their own identities. Spanning from modern-day Chile to the 1950s, 60s, and through the years of the Pinochet dictatorship, With You at a Distance reveals successive mysteries anddiscoveries like a set of Russian nesting dolls.

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   • source: Library Journal, Best Books of the Year
   • content: "A stunningly constructed narrative...As absorbing as any mystery."
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   • source: BBC Culture
   • content: "A marvelous, multi-faceted feat of storytelling."
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   • source: Booklist (starred review)
   • content: "This luminous and eloquent novel will appeal in particular to readers with an interest in Latin American literature."
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   • source: Library Journal (starred review)
   • content: "[A] moving page-turner. Suspense, emotions, and magic course throughout this beautifully narrated book. Highly recommended for fans of Latin American literature and general literary mysteries."
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   • source: Nylon, 46 Great Books to Read This Summer
   • content: "[This mystery] will leave you puzzling over questions, both specific to the book and more relevant to life in general, as you try and figure out not just who Sigall is, but who you are, who anyone is."
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   • source: BookRiot
   • content: "Fans of literary fiction will enjoy this atmospheric Chilean mystery."
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   • source: Words Without Borders
   • content: "There's something about a good literary mystery that can satisfy a reader on multiple levels...compelling...the real power here comes from the overlapping plotlines, which venture into some unexpected places."
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   • source: Jewish Week
   • content: "Mystery and obsession combine to make Chilean author Carla Guelfenbein's novel...an atmospheric page-turner."
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     April 1, 2018
     

     Translated into English after winning the prestigious Spanish-language Alfaguara Prize in 2015, Chilean author Guelfenbein's fifth novel investigates the death of 80-year-old reclusive Chilean author Vera Sigall from three perspectives. Vera is inspired by Clarice Lispector, who had a resurgence in popularity after her Complete Stories were published in English in 2015. The reader is allowed only as close to the enigmatic Vera as the narrators are, and her true character remains a tantalizing mystery. Her neighbor Daniel, a failed architect, finds her collapsed on the ground near her house and sits at the hospital every day waiting for her to recover. He suspects that her fall was no accident. Emilia, a young woman who has come to Santiago to study the symbolism of stars in Vera's work, meets Daniel at the author's bedside. From 50 years ago, there is also the voice of Horacio, a poet and Vera's former lover. Their three stories, along with their memories of Vera leading up to the mysterious fall, create a moving page-turner. VERDICT Suspense, emotions, and magic course throughout this beautifully narrated book. Highly recommended for fans of Latin American literature and general literary mysteries.--Kate Gray, Boston P.L., MA

     Copyright 2018 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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      Starred review from May 15, 2018
      Winner of the Alfaguara Prize, a Spanish-language literary award, Chilean writer Guelfenbein's (The Rest Is Silence, 2011) novel revolves around four characters. Eighty-year-old Vera Sigall, who has achieved cult status for her fiction, is in a Santiago hospital in a locked-in state after a fall. Her neighbor Daniel, a young man hobbled by a foundering career and a failing marriage, addresses Vera directly in the portions of the novel he narrates and does not believe her fall was accidental. The second narrator, Emilia, is a young woman with a phobia about physical contact who has come to Santiago to do research for a thesis on Vera's work. The third narrator is Vera's former lover Horacio Ignacio, a celebrated poet who recounts the history of their affair. Daniel and Emilia meet in the hospital, outside Vera's room, and begin to unravel mysteries surrounding her life and art. At the same time, their deepening bond helps them break free from their own locked-in states. Vera herself remains elusive, but the effect she has on the other characters is profound. This luminous and eloquent novel will appeal in particular to readers with an interest in Latin American literature.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2018, American Library Association.)

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This Chilean literary thriller tells the story of three lives intertwined with that of an enigmatic author, whose character is inspired by the groundbreaking Brazilian writer Clarice Lispector.
Vera Sigall, now eighty years old, has lived a mysterious, ascetic life far from the limelight of literary circles. This powerful character has a profound effect on those around her—Daniel, an architect and her neighbor and friend, unhappy in his marriage and career; Emilia, a Franco-Chilean student who travels to Santiago to write a thesis on the elusive Vera; and Horacio, an acclaimed poet with whom Vera had a tumultuous, passionate affair in her youth.
As Daniel, Emilia, and Horacio tell their stories, they reconstruct Vera’s past, and search for their own identities. Spanning from modern-day Chile to the 1950s, 60s, and through the years of the Pinochet dictatorship, With You at a Distance reveals successive mysteries...

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