The Man Who Thought He was Vicente Rojo

Original Title: El hombre que se creía Vicente Rojo

Berta believes that she is fated to have only disagreeable experiences in her life and is therefore searching for something that might give her a different view of reality. Her mother hides behind an appearance and decisions she does not always recognise as her own. A man comes into their lives, saying he is the well-known Mexican artist Vicente Rojo, thus setting off a surprising back-and-forth of identities in which it is difficult for the characters to recognise themselves or distinguish between what is within their reach and what is impossible: life gives an enigmatic lesson. “I can say that I have not only found peace but that I have done great work. I have worked hard for culture, the only thing that has interested me. I know of no more pleasurable sensation than that of reading a good poem, listening to music or looking at a beautiful painting. This is the only meaning of everything, the place from which we were expelled and what we spend our whole lives searching for”.

Praises

«Disturbing, unconventional writing, notable for its total independence with regard to the prevailing norms in Spanish fiction today».
El Mundo

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English Sample Available

Details

Acantilado

April 2017

1 pages

Narrative, Novel

Translation Rights

English Autralia (Escribe Australia)
Audio Rights (Storytell)