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Canción by Eduardo Halfon, Lisa Dillman (translation), Daniel Hahn (translation) is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Cálamo Extraordinary Prize WinnerBig Other Book Award FinalistDublin Literary Award Longlist [winner announced in May 2024]InCanción, Eduardo Halfon’s eponymous wanderer is invited to a Lebanese writers’ conference in Japan, where he reflects on his Jewish grandfather’s multifaceted identity. To understand more about the cold, fateful day in January 1967 when his grandfather was abducted by Guatemalan guerillas, Halfon searches his childhood memories. Soon, chance encounters around the world lead to more clues about his grandfather’s captors, including a butcher nicknamed“Canción” (or song). As a brutal & complex history emerges against the backdrop of the Guatemalan Civil War, Halfon finds echoes in the stories of a woman he meets in Japan whose grandfather survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.Through exquisite prose & intricate storytelling, Halfon exposes the atrocities of war & the effect that silence & extreme violence have on family & identity.°°° Eduardo Halfon is the author of The Polish Boxer, Monastery, & Mourning. He is the recipient of the Guatemalan National Prize in Literature, Roger Caillois Prize, José María de Pereda Prize for the Short Novel, International Lat

Who reads Canción?

Author

Eduardo Halfon, Lisa Dillman (translation), Daniel Hahn (translation)

Publisher

Bellevue Literary Press

Published

2022

Language

EN

ISBN

9781954276079

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, World Fiction