Melvill

Winner of the 2018 Best Translated Book AwardA dying father in the grip of fever and delirium recounts his youth, hisGrand Tour, the Venetian palaces populated by fascinating and evil figures, his ruin,and his most beautiful journeythe crossing on foot of the frozen Hudson River.Hisson,still a child,sitsat the foot of the bed, attentively collectingthesefinal,hallucinated words.Could the work of Herman Melvillemasterful author, misunderstood, far too ahead of his time,and considered crazy and dangerous by some criticshaveasits source this ultimate paternal legacy?Questioning the intricacies of fiction, which constantly oscillatatesbetween reality and imagination, Rodrigo Fresnsapproaches the enigma of the literary vocation in a new light.An invented biography, a gothic novel populated by ghosts,and an evocation of a filial love,Melvillcontains all the talent, humor, and immense culture found in the other great works from one of Spanish literature's most ambitious writers.