THE GENTLEMAN FROM PERU
Southern Italy, a summer on the Amalfi Coast. Due to a breakdown of their boat, a group of young Americans find themselves staying in a hotel frequented by elderly tourists who are not particularly inclined to have fun. There they meet Raúl, a reserved and inscrutable character, always sitting apart with his notebook. Until one day he approaches their table: noticing that Mark is visibly suffering from a shoulder injury, he places his hand on the sore spot, relieving the discomfort. Not content with this, he goes on to reveal personal, even intimate, details about everyone present, information that no one could ever have known...
To win over the young people, taken aback by his uncomfortable truths, he extols the wonders of the area: an area he has been visiting in the summer since he was a child, full of references to the world of mythology, such as the Lugentes Campi, the fields of tears, where unhappy lovers wander, remembering their heartbreak. The only one in the group who does not seem to be charmed by his charm and rhetoric is Margot, whom Raúl initially called by what he believed to be her real first name, Maria.
But as the hours and days pass, after shared lunches and long walks on the beach, Margot begins to trust him, to open up... And Raúl will take her on a journey back in time, to a past that binds them very closely together. A story of love and mystery will take shape, marked by that delicate depth in recounting feelings that is André Aciman's unmistakable trademark.
Edad recomendada: Adultos.
ACIMAN ANDRE
André Aciman nació el 2 de enero de 1951 en Alejandría, Egipto, en el seno de una familia judía sefardí de origen turco e italiano. Creció hablando francés como lengua materna y vivió parte de su adolescencia en Italia antes de emigrar con su familia a Nueva York en 1968. Se graduó en lengua inglesa en el Lehman College y obtuvo un doctorado en literatura comparada en la Universidad de Harvard. Es escritor, profesor universitario y crítico literario, conocido principalmente por su novela "Llámame por tu nombre", publicada en 2007 y adaptada al cine por Luca Guadagnino. Su obra incluye memorias como "Lejos de Egipto", ensayos sobre el exilio y la memoria, y novelas como "Encuéntrame", "Harvard Square", "Ocho noches blancas" y "Variaciones Enigma". Es especialista en Marcel Proust y ha editado proyectos como "The Proust Project" y "Letters of Transit". Ha enseñado literatura comparada y escritura creativa en instituciones como Bard College, Princeton, la Universidad de Nueva York y la City University of New York, donde dirige el Centro de Humanidades y el Instituto de Escritores.
