Books by Patricio Pron

Patricio Pron er blevet udråbt til at være en af de allerbedste nye spansksprogede forfattere. Som Robert Bollaño i 'De vilde detektiver' blander Pron i denne roman den personlige historie med den blodige og voldsomme sydamerikanske historie. Resulatet er i Prons hænder en mere tilgængelig og uhyggeligt spændende fortælling om at få en fortid, som man ikke troede vedkom en, på meget tæt hold. En ung journalist må forlade sit liv i Tyskland og tage hjem til Argentina, da hans far bliver syg. Hjemme kommer han på sporet af sin fars fortid som aktiv i modstandsbevægelsen under Argentinas brutale diktatur i halvfjerdserne. Han finder ud af ting om sin far, som han aldrig har kendt til. Hvem er for eksempel den kvinde, der hele tiden dukker op i farens breve, og har hans far noget med det bestialske mord at gøre, som han har gemt avisartikler og andre dokumenter om?

This is a daring, deeply affecting novel about the secrets buried in the past of an Argentine family; a story of fathers and sons, corruption and responsibility, memory and history, with a mystery at its heart.A young writer, living abroad, returns home to his native Argentina to say goodbye to his dying father. In his parents' house, he finds a cache of documents - articles, maps, photographs - and unwittingly begins to unearth his father's obsession with the disappearance of a local man. Suddenly he comes face to face with the ghosts of Argentina's dark political past and with the long-hidden memories of his family's underground resistance against an oppressive military regime. As the fragments of the narrator's investigation fall into place - revealing not only a part of his father's life he had tried to forget, but also the legacy of an entire generation - My Father's Ghost Is Climbing in the Rain tells a completely original story of family and remembrance. It is an audacious accomplishment by an internationally acclaimed voice.