La uruguaya / The Woman from Uruguay-Fast Shipping

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Publicada con gran éxito en Argentina en 2016, La uruguaya ha confirmado a Mairal como uno de los más destacados narradores de la literatura argentina contemporánea.

Lucas Pereyra, un escritor recién entrado en la cuarentena, viaja de Buenos Aires a Montevideo para recoger un dinero que le han mandado desde el extranjero y que no puede recibir en su país debido a las restricciones cambiarias. Casado y con un hijo, no atraviesa su mejor momento, pero la perspectiva de pasar un día en otro país en compañía de una joven amiga es suficiente para animarle un poco. Una vez en Uruguay, las cosas no terminan de salir tal como las había planeado, así que a Lucas no le quedará más remedio que afrontar la realidad.

Narrada con una brillante voz en primera persona, La uruguaya es una divertida novela sobre una crisis conyugal que nos habla también de cómo, en algún punto de nuestras vidas, debemos enfrentarnos a las promesas que nos hacemos y que no cumplimos, a las diferencias entre aquello que somos y aquello que nos gustaría ser.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

From acclaimed Argentine author Pedro Mairal and Man BookerInternational-winning translator Jennifer Croft, the unforgettable story oftwo would-be lovers over the course of a single day.

Lucas Pereyra, an unemployed writer in his forties, embarks on a day tripfrom Buenos Aires to Montevideo to pick up fifteen thousand dollars in advance due to him on his upcoming novel, the small fortune might mean thesolution to his problems, most importantly the tension he has with his she spends her days at work and her nights out on the town-with alover, perhaps, he doesn’t know for sure-Lucas is stuck at home all daystaring at the blank page, caring for his son Maiko and fantasizing about theone thing that keeps him going: the woman from Uruguay whom he met at aconference and has been longing to see ever since.

But that woman, Magalí Guerra Zabala, is a free spirit with her ownrelationship troubles, and the day they spend together in this beautiful cityon the beach winds up being nothing like Lucas predicted. The constantlysurprising, moving story of this dramatically transformative day in theirlives, The Woman from Uruguay is both a gripping narrative and a tender,thought-provoking exploration of the nature of relationships. Aninternational bestseller published in fourteen countries, it is themasterpiece of one of the most original voices in Latin American literaturetoday.

“A perfect novel. A triumph from beginning to end. The novel’s style, thatcarries the soft irony of a writer in command of his narrative voice, itsextension, its verbal prowess, its impeccably paced rhythm and, of course,the theme: a marital crisis written from the perspective of an Argentine manin his mid forties who is facing an existential crisis.” ―El Pais (Spain)

“[Pedro Mairal] displays his full talent in a wisely structured novel,outstanding in its narrative rhythm and in the twists and turns of the plot,where humor emerges at the same time a tragedy takes shape surrounding anenigma . . . A story about love and its imponderables.” ―Página 12 (Argentina)

“I wasn’t able to put the book down.” ―MaríaDueñas

“A perfect novel.” ―Edmundo Paz Soldan

“The loss and recovery of desire, the ambition of everlasting adventures,the earthquake of becoming a father, the flight forward . . . all thesethings occur in a single day (. . .), interwoven in the brilliant prose ofPedro Mairal, one of the best Latin American writers of our time.” ―Leila Guerriero