A Distant Father

by Antonio Skármeta

Book Overview

Acclaimed Chilean author Antonio Skarmeta returns with a haunting novella about the power of family. Jacques is a school teacher in the small village of Contulmo in Chile and a French translator for the local paper. He owes his passion for the French language to his Parisian father Pierre who, one year before, abruptly returned to France without a word of explanation. Shocked and alienated, Jacques and his mother's sense of abandonment is made more...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1590516257
• ISBN13: 9781590516256
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Other Press (NY)
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.8" x 7.3"