| Author: | Eduardo Halfon, Anne McLean (translator) | ISBN: | 9781943902026 |
| Publisher: | Massachusetts Review, Inc. | Publication: | February 17, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Eduardo Halfon, Anne McLean (translator) |
| ISBN: | 9781943902026 |
| Publisher: | Massachusetts Review, Inc. |
| Publication: | February 17, 2016 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
Eduardo Halfon's "Tomorrow We Never Did Talk About It" follows closely the departure of a well-off industrialist Jewish family from Guatemala in the early 1980s. The events are seen from the point of view of the naive, inquisitive ten-year-old son. In Anne McLean's vivid translation, the wrenching upheaval of the family's departure emerges as a microcosm of the country's descent into hell.
“Guatemala may be tranquil, but Eduardo Halfon is a narrative volcano.” — Neue Zürcher Zeitung
“[Halfon’s work is] tight and lean . . . falling somewhere between the novels of Roberto Bolaño, WG Sebald, and Junot Díaz.” — Telegraph
“Eduardo Halfon’s prose is delicate, precise, and as ineffable as a precocious art — a lighthouse that illuminated everything.” — Francisco Goldman, author of Say Her Name
Eduardo Halfon's "Tomorrow We Never Did Talk About It" follows closely the departure of a well-off industrialist Jewish family from Guatemala in the early 1980s. The events are seen from the point of view of the naive, inquisitive ten-year-old son. In Anne McLean's vivid translation, the wrenching upheaval of the family's departure emerges as a microcosm of the country's descent into hell.
“Guatemala may be tranquil, but Eduardo Halfon is a narrative volcano.” — Neue Zürcher Zeitung
“[Halfon’s work is] tight and lean . . . falling somewhere between the novels of Roberto Bolaño, WG Sebald, and Junot Díaz.” — Telegraph
“Eduardo Halfon’s prose is delicate, precise, and as ineffable as a precocious art — a lighthouse that illuminated everything.” — Francisco Goldman, author of Say Her Name
