The Past_Alan Pauls
2009 Nominated

The Past

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ABOUT
THE BOOK

Rímini splits up with his girlfriend of twelve years, Sofía. The parting is initially amicable and he moves on, carefree, with a new zest for life. Hungry to make up for lost time and keen to forget the past, he finds a younger girlfriend and starts using cocaine.

Sofía, however, finds herself unable to let go, and continues to reappear on Rímini’s horizon. As hard as Rímini tries to forget, Sofía will not let him. Though the apparently idyllic relationship is over, their love has not died, merely taken on a different form. As time passes and their paths continue to cross, the past festers and torments them, like an infection

ABOUT
THE AUTHOR Alan
Pauls

Alan Pauls (born April 22, 1959, in Buenos Aires) is a prominent Argentine novelist, essayist, film critic, and screenwriter. A major figure in contemporary Latin American literature, he is known for his sharp cultural critiques, autofiction, and cinematic approach to storytelling

Alan Pauls (born April 22, 1959, in Buenos Aires) is a prominent Argentine novelist, essayist, film critic, and screenwriter. A major figure in contemporary Latin American literature, he is known for his sharp cultural critiques, autofiction, and cinematic approach to storytelling

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NOMINATING LIBRARY COMMENTS

A very dense story that evolves tracking the lives of two characters that, together or apart are, linked in a very deep way. A particular sense of humour, dark, bizarre, keeps us going on trying to figure out what it is all about, without losing the whole perspective in which, everyone can identify oneself once in a while. The book deals with obsessions, with extremes, and meandering pleasant and unpleasant situations at the end makes the reading worth a lot. It sure does.

Pauls is a well know name in the faculty. His book while intimate is considered to be a very good description of those feelings involved in a couple’s rupture as they are narrated by the man. Good mastery of human communications gives the book a nice picture of the woman and women.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Date published
05/07/2007
Country
Argentina
Original Language
English
Author
Publisher
Harvill Secker

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