Una vida buscando / Having Spent Life Seeking (Paperback)
Language: Spanish
Published by Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial, 2026
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Paperback. El esperado regreso de Kae Tempest al panorama literario: una novela luminosa y liberadora sobre el poder transformativo del amor.Una novela maravillosa, conmovedora y reveladora sobre el estado de Gran Bretana repleta de personajes memorables, que describe la lucha de un individuo por la autorrealizacion en una sociedad que castiga a quienes se niegan a encajar en sus moldes preestablecidos. Irvine WelshComo algo que el mar devuelve a la orilla, Rothko Taylor ha regresado a su ciudad natal. Han pasado quince anos desde que la dejo atras y quizas, piensa, deberia haber comenzado de nuevo en algun lugar donde nadie supiera su nombre.Aqui el pasado avanza hacia elle a toda velocidad: los chicos que patinan por la calle principal y le devuelven a su adolescencia; los bancos astillados frente al mar donde su madre, Meg, apuraba las latas; la zona acomodada donde su padre, Ezra, intento y no logro construir un hogar feliz. Y el bloque de Dionne. Dionne, hermosa y extraordinaria, la unica persona que alguna vez le miro y vio lo que habia en su interior.Entonces, abrumade y con miedo, se hundio bajo la superficie, en el caos. Pero logro salir con vida. Y esta vez, Rothko esta decidide a que las cosas sean distintas.Diez anos despues de su ultima novela, Kae Tempest regresa con una conmovedora historia sobre la familia y el perdon; la redencion y la expiacion; el deseo y el abandono; la identidad y la comunidad. Sobre aquello que buscamos cuando nos escondemos y lo que puede encontrarnos, si nos atrevemos a dejarnos ver.ENGLISH DESCRIPTIONRothko Taylor is back in their hometown after fifteen years away. Can life turn out differently this time?A master-craftsman of deep feeling and linguistic intimacy. MAX PORTERIf books can still change the world, this one most likely will. COLUM MCCANNRothko Taylor has washed up with the tide, back in their hometown, Edgecliff. Fifteen years since they left it behind.The past is accelerating towards them: the skateboard kids on the high street that remind them of their teenage years, the splintered benches looking out to sea, where their mum Meg clutched her cans. The nice bit of town, where their dad Ezra tried and failed to build a happy home. And Dionne's block. Beautiful, extraordinary Dionne, the only person who had ever looked at them and seen what was there.Back then, overwhelmed and full of fear, they sank beneath the surface into chaos. But they made it out alive. And this time, Rothko is determined that things will be different.A decade since Kae Tempest's last novel, Having Spent Life Seeking is about family and forgiveness; redemption and atonement; desire and abandon; selfhood and community. The things we seek when we are hiding, and what finds us, if we can let ourselves be seen. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. …
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- Title
- Una vida buscando / Having Spent Life Seeking (Paperback)
- Author
- Kae Tempest
- Publisher
- Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
- Publication year
- 2026
- Condition
- new
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- Spanish
- ISBN 10
- 8439745958
- ISBN 13
- 9788439745952
El esperado regreso de Kae Tempest al panorama literario: una novela luminosa y liberadora sobre el poder transformativo del amor.
«Una novela maravillosa, conmovedora y reveladora sobre el estado de Gran Bretaña repleta de personajes memorables, que describe la lucha de un individuo por la autorrealización en una sociedad que castiga a quienes se niegan a encajar en sus moldes preestablecidos».
Irvine Welsh
Como algo que el mar devuelve a la orilla, Rothko Taylor ha regresado a su ciudad natal. Han pasado quince años desde que la dejó atrás y quizás, piensa, debería haber comenzado de nuevo en algún lugar donde nadie supiera su nombre.
Aquí el pasado avanza hacia elle a toda velocidad: los chicos que patinan por la calle principal y le devuelven a su adolescencia; los bancos astillados frente al mar donde su madre, Meg, apuraba las latas; la zona acomodada donde su padre, Ezra, intentó y no logró construir un hogar feliz. Y el bloque de Dionne. Dionne, hermosa y extraordinaria, la única persona que alguna vez le miró y vio lo que había en su interior.
Entonces, abrumade y con miedo, se hundió bajo la superficie, en el caos. Pero logró salir con vida. Y esta vez, Rothko está decidide a que las cosas sean distintas.
Diez años después de su última novela, Kae Tempest regresa con una conmovedora historia sobre la familia y el perdón; la redención y la expiación; el deseo y el abandono; la identidad y la comunidad. Sobre aquello que buscamos cuando nos escondemos y lo que puede encontrarnos, si nos atrevemos a dejarnos ver.
La crítica ha dicho:
«Si los libros aún pueden cambiar el mundo, lo más probable es que este lo haga».
Colum McCann
«Entrañable "big bang" de gente tirando a disfuncional buscando una vida netamente funcional y, claro, fracasando memorablemente en el intento. […] [Tempest] se aplica aquí a conciencia a desentrañar la "energía específica" de las ciudades costeras inglesas. Escenarios de claustrofobiaextrema y adicciones galopantes sacudidos por la soledad y la pérdida pero abiertos a la inmensidad del océano».
David Morán, El Periódico
«Con Una vida buscando, Tempest confirma una vez más su talento para mezclar intensidad poética, pulso narrativo y una mirada social muy reconocible».
KISS FM
Sobre el autor y su obra:
«Poderosa y compasiva».
Ali Smith
«Tempest es, en el escenario y fuera de él, una mezcla de trovador, Janis Joplin y James Joyce [ ]. La gran esperanza del micro y de las letras británicas».
Lucía Lijtmaer, El País
«Profundamente conmovedor en su humanidad empática. La voz de Tempest, a ratos furiosa y tierna, nunca flaquea».
The New York Times
«Conexión es una medicina para estos tiempos difíciles».
Max Porter
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About the Author
Kae Tempest (Londres, 1985) es poeta, rapero y una figura fundamental del spoken word. Ha publicado la novela Cuando la vida te da un martillo, el libro de no ficción Conexión, obras de teatro y varios poemarios. Ha sido galardonado con el Ted Hughes Award.
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