The Distance Between Us - by Renato Cisneros (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><p>A son looks back on the family history that shaped him and led to his father's leading role in a brutal dictatorship.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>'This is an impressive book. In writing it the author demonstrates great talent, as well as great courage.' **--Mario Vargas Llosa **</p><p><em>If I succeed in understanding who he was before I was born, perhaps I will be able to understand who I am now that he is dead...</em>In this sprawling family saga stretching across Latin America, a son embarks on a journey to understand his complex relationship with his father and how it shaped the man he is today. Recalling Gabriel García Márquez's _One Hundred Years of Solitude _and Isabel Allende's <em>House of the Spirits</em>, the renowned journalist and writer Renato Cisneros probes deep into his own family history to try to come to terms with his father, General Luis Federico 'The Gaucho' Cisneros, a leading, controversial figure in the oppressive military regime that held power in Peru during the 1970s and 1980s, a tortuous period marked by state-sanctioned terrorism and the rise of the Shining Path.Selling over 35,000 copies in Peru alone, <em>The Distance Between Us</em> is at once excruciating in its honesty and deeply moving in its universal relevance. Selected for a slew of international prizes, it is now available in English for the first time.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>An extraordinary family story... Renato Cisneros delivers here the captivating narrative of a strange and disturbing filiation. A loving and lucid puzzle. <strong>--Le Monde</strong></p><p>This is a book to set alongside Philip Roth's Patrimony, Héctor Abad's Oblivion, Paul Auster's The Invention of Solitude, Martin Amis's Experience, Albert Camus' The First Man, and of course Kafka's Letter to His Father. <strong>--Le Figaro Littéraire</strong></p><p>Cisneros is a phenomenon in Latin America today. <strong>--El País</strong></p><p>The Distance Between Us goes far and appeals to the reader exactly because there is so little distance between what is written and what was lived. <strong>--Alberto Fuguet</strong>, author of BAD VIBES</p><p>Just as a father is never prepared to bury his son, a son is never prepared to dig up his father"(...) It is within this tension that this magnificent novel lies, full of drama and suspense from the very first page. <strong>--Edmundo Paz Soldán</strong>, author of TURING'S DELIRIUM and NORTE</p><p>The Distance Between Us is the story of a villain told from love. It dwells in the humanity hidden behind the themes left by war. It also narrates that other war: the one which all of us wage against our parents to become the persons we are. <strong>--Santiago Roncagliolo</strong>, author of RED APRIL</p><p>No one that reads this book will be able to look at their family in the same way again. <strong>--Gabriela Wiener</strong>, author of SEXOGRAPHIES and NINE MOONS</p><p>This is an impressive book. In writing it the author demonstrates great talent, as well as great courage. <strong>--Mario Vargas Llosa</strong>, author of THE TIME OF THE HERO and CONVERSATION IN THE CATHEDRAL</p><p>People should read this novel to learn more about themselves. **--Jorge Edwards **, author of PERSONA NON GRATA</p><p>Globetrotting: Your sneak preview of books in translation <strong>--New York Times</strong></p><p>A book so intelligent and moving, you wish it would never end. <strong>--Libération</strong></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><strong>Renato Cisneros</strong> (Lima, 1976) is a well-known journalist, broadcaster and writer in Peru, where he presents current affairs programmes on radio and TV. Having published a number of books of poetry and two novels, in 2015 he stepped back from his career as a broadcaster to fully concentrate on his writing. <em>The Distance Between Us</em> has sold over 35,000 copies in Peru alone and has been lauded in the Peruvian and international press. It was shortlisted for the Second Mario Vargas Llosa Biannual Award, longlisted for the Prix Médicis (2017) and was the winner of the Prix Transfuge du Meilleur Roman De Littérature Hispanique (2017). A prequel, <em>Dejarás la tierra</em> is already a bestseller in Spain and Latin America and is to be published by Charco Press. Renato Cisneros lives in Madrid.</p><p><strong>Fionn Petch</strong> was born in Scotland, spent a decade in Mexico City and is now based in Berlin. He translates from Spanish and French, and specialises in books on art and architecture. He has curated multidisciplinary exhibitions and worked for numerous cultural festivals. He holds a doctorate in philosophy from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). Fionn has also translated <em>The Distance Between Us</em> by Renato Cisneros and co-translated Jorge Consiglio's <em>Fate</em> for Charco Press. In 2018 he was shortlisted for the TA First Translation Prize for his translation of Luis Sagasti's <em>Fireflies</em>.</p>
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