Melvill

by Rodrigo Fresán

Winner of the 2018 Best Translated Book Award
A dying father in the grip of fever and delirium recounts his youth, his Grand Tour, the Venetian palaces populated by fascinating and evil figures, his ruin, and his most beautiful journey--the crossing on foot of the frozen Hudson River. His son, still a child, sits at the foot of the bed, attentively collecting these final, hallucinated words.
Could the work of Herman Melville--masterful...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 196038516X
• ISBN13: 9781960385161
• Release Date: October 2024
• Publisher: Open Letter
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.4"