The Sky Over Lima by Juan Barcena

The Sky Over Lima by Juan Barcena

Praise for The Sky Over Lima

Here s a tale with the subtlest of stings in it, dark wit and telescopic perspective aplenty. And then there s the intoxicating folly of the games that the protagonists play with fantasy and fact, malice, tenderness, ambition, envy and other forces that strike at our most vulnerable selves. I ll be thinking of these characters, what they longed to create and what they managed to despoil, for a long time. Helen Oyeyemi, author of Boy, Snow, Bird and What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours

A beautifully written novel, chock-full of sharp humor and penetrating insight, The Sky Over Lima has at its heart a captivating, ventriloquistic love story, not unlike the classic Cyrano de Bergerac. But in this epistolary romance, the woman is a fiction written by two boys reminiscent in their way of Bolano s Visceral Realists who come alive on the page as impeccably-wrought emissaries of their time and place, while remaining incredibly relatable and engaging to readers today. Andre Aciman, author of Call Me by Your Name and Harvard Square

Gomez Barcena shines where so many writers stumble his writing about art, of the artifice both in the narrative and implicit in his prose, feels alive, fresh, and important. His words, which so easily could have become overwrought when translated into English, feel subtle and whimsical in Rosenberg s deft hands. Against the fascinating backdrop of Lima s burgeoning rubber industry, The Sky Over Lima explores notions of class, identity, and friendship, and reminded me of how it first felt to fall in love with writing. Sara Novi, author of Girl at War

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9780544630055
ISBN 10	054463005X
Title	The Sky Over Lima
Author	Juan Barcena
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Mariner Books
Year published	2016-05-17
Number of pages	288
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.