AndrÃ©s Neuman,Nick Caistor,Lorenza GarcÃ­a
Searching for an inn, the enigmatic traveler Hans stops in a small city on the border between Saxony and Prussia. The next morning, Hans meets an old organ-grinder in the market square and immediately finds himself enmeshed in an intense debateâ€”on identity and what it is that defines usâ€”from which he cannot break free.,Indefinitely stuck in Wandernburg until his debate with the organ-grinder is concluded, he begins to meet the various characters who populate the town, including a young freethinker named Sophie. Though she is engaged to be married, Sophie and Hans begin a relationship that defies contemporary mores about female sexuality and what can and cannot be said about it.,Traveler of the Century ,is a deeply intellectual novel, chock-full of discussions about philosophy, history, literature, love, and translation. It is a book that looks to the past in order to have us reconsider the conflicts of our present. The winner of Spainâ€™s prestigious Alfaguara Prize and the National Critics Prize, ,Traveler of the Century ,marks the English-language debut of AndrÃ©s Neuman, a writer described by Roberto BolaÃ±o as being â€œtouched by grace.â€
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Traveler of the Century