Kirjahaku

In a near-future world, a traveling salesman travels the world, from Arizona to Bangkok and beyond, peddling his latest commodity for The Company, a drug that has the power to erase memory, but his own life becomes hazy when he begins to sample his own wares. Original. 25,000 first printing.

" A] riveting, and original, achievement."--WIRED From award-winning Spanish author Ray Loriga comes a dystopian novel about authority, manipulation, and the disappearance of privacy that "calls to mind The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood and] Blindness by Jos Saramago" (Alfaguara Prize Winner Citation). Ten long years have passed since war first broke out, and one couple still does not know the whereabouts of their children, or what their country is even fighting for. They follow orders and their lives go by simply, routinely, until--one day--a mute boy walks onto their property. When the authorities announce that the area needs to be evacuated and that everyone must relocate to "the transparent city," the three leave together. At first, the city proves to be a paradise: a stunning glass dome of endless highways, buildings, trains, and markets. Everything its inhabitants need is provided to them--food, protection, shelter--and the family quickly, unquestioningly, settles into their new life. But, soon, a sinister underlay begins to emerge. Neither secrets nor walls are permitted here, and strict order, authoritarian calm, and transparency must always reign supreme. In a society in which everything private is public, the most chilling portent of our future emerges. Surrender is an urgent novel about dignity and rebellion and the lengths we go to preserve love, hope, and humanity. "Loriga envisions in this gripping tale an unsettling dystopia in which all secrets are forbidden...This memorable page-turner will appeal to fans of Brave New World."--Publishers Weekly

Vuelve Ray Loriga, Premio Alfaguara de Novela, con una historia al borde del abismo sobre los l mites de lo humano. «La distancia que toma Loriga respecto de lo narrado, su sentido de humor y la ligereza para hablar delo poco importante que es creerse importante son esenciales para recomendar su lectura . --Carlos Zan n, La Vanguardia «El mundo, es bien sabido, no es m s que una emboscada . El narrador de esta historia despierta en una cama que no reconoce en una habitaci n que no siente propia. Est amaneciendo y no sabe d nde est , ni que le impide levantarse, le cuesta abrir los ojos e identificar los ruidos y las voces que llegan desde el exterior. En su duermevela, trata de engarzar un recuerdo con otro hasta componer un mosaico en el que solo una constante parece anclarlo a la realidad: la relaci n que le une a Elisa y Tim. Con una prosa certera y afilada, TIM narra la vulnerabilidad de un ser al l mite de su conciencia en combate consigo mismo y el mundo que le rodea. Como si de una met fora de nuestro presente se tratara, el relato se construye y deconstruye una y otra vez hasta colocar al lector ante el abismo de lo verdadero y del concepto ltimo de identidad. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Ray Loriga, recipient of the Alfaguara Novel Prize, returns with a story on the razor's edge about the limits of humanity. "The world--and this is well known--is nothing more than an ambush." The narrator wakes up on a bed he doesn't recognize, in a room that doesn't feel as his own. The sun's coming up, but he doesn't know where he is, or what prevents him from getting up. He can't open his eyes nor identify the noises and voices coming from outside. In his drowsiness, he tries to thread one memory to another, putting together a mosaic where just one constant seems to anchor him to reality: his relationship with Elisa and Tim. With an accurate and sharp prose, Tim follows the vulnerability of a being on the edge of consciousness, battling himself and the world around him. Almost like a metaphor of our present, the tale is built and rebuilt, over and over, until the reader stands before the abyss of what is true and of the ultimate concept of identity.

Una novela de culto, llena de reminiscencias cin filas y literarias, que fue adaptada al cine por el propio Ray Loriga, ganador del Premio Alfaguara Un adolescente escapa con una chica a la que ha secuestrado tras matar con una pistola a un guardia de seguridad. Esta es la historia de una huida, una road movie en la que la maldad disimulada, la imposici n de una identidad y el machismo soterrado son motivos suficientes para que el protagonista se fugue en compa a de la chica y reclame a voz en grito, en cada uno de sus actos, que lo dejen en paz. Ca dos del cielo fue adaptada al cine por el propio Ray Loriga (La pistola de mi hermano), que plasm en im genes ese mundo de obligaciones y retos que ponen en evidencia lo que hay detr s de l: nada. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION A cult novel peppered with film and literary references, adapted for the screen by the author, winner of the Alfaguara Prize. A teenager kidnaps a girl after killing a security guard. This is a road trip where evil in disguise, imposed identities and buried machismo are all the motive the main character needs to flee with his hostage and demand to be left in peace with every action he takes. Adapted for the screen by Ray Loriga himself (author of My Brother's Gun), Fallen from the Sky paints a series of indelible images of the world of challenges and obligations, allowing us to see what's behind it: nothing.

Ray Loriga, Premio Alfaguara de novela 2017 por Rendici n. Una historia sobre la autoridad y la manipulaci n colectiva con ecos de Kafka y Orwell. Una f bula sobre el destierro, la p rdida, la paternidad y los afectos. Han pasado diez largos a os desde que estall la guerra, y el matrimonio sigue sin conocer el paradero de sus hijos, sin saber si su pa s fue el agresor o el agredido. Fuera cual fuese el origen de la contienda, l, hombre de campo, y ella, su antigua patrona, siguen am ndose y sus vidas transcurren sencilla y rutinariamente. Un d a un muchacho mudo entra en su propiedad. Al principio lo encierran como a un prisionero, pero acaban por tomarle cierto cari o y, cuando las autoridades comunican que la zona debe ser evacuada y que tienen que poner rumbo a la ciudad transparente, los tres parten juntos. En ese momento el muchacho es bautizado como Julio. Las puertas dela metr poli muestran una clara advertencia: el aire mece los cuerpos sin vida de los traidores. En su interior, la ciudad transparente es casi un para so que provee a sus habitantes de todo aquello que cualquiera desear a en un hogar: armon a, limpieza y protecci n. Impera un orden riguroso, una calma autoritaria y una absoluta transparencia: no est n permitidos los secretos ni las paredes. En una sociedad en la que lo privado es de dominio p blico, en un mundo feliz y asfixiante que ataca pasivamente a la dignidad del ser humano, emergen los m s estremecedores augurios de nuestro futuro. Una historia kafkiana y orwelliana sobre la autoridad y la manipulaci n colectiva, una par bola de nuestras sociedades expuestas a la mirada y al juicio de todos. Sin caer en moralismos, a trav s de una voz humilde y reflexiva con inesperados golpes de humor, el autor construye una f bula luminosa sobre el destierro, la p rdida, la paternidad y los afectos. La trama de Rendici n sorprende a cada p gina hasta conducirnos a un final impactante que resuena en el lector tiempo despu s de cerrar el libro.- Del Jurado del XX Premio Alfaguara de novela. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Ray Loriga, winner of the 2017 Alfaguara Novel Prize for Rendici n / SurrenderThe jury has recognized "a Kafkaesque, Orwellian story about authority and collective manipulation, a parable of our societies that are exposed to the sight and judgment of all. Without falling into idealism, and through a humble, thoughtful voice with unexpected bursts of humor, the author constructs a luminous fable about exile, loss, parenthood, and affection. The plot of Rendici n (Surrender) surprises us on every page until leading us to a stunning ending that resonates in the reader well after having put the book down." It has been ten long years since war broke out, and the couple still doesn't know the whereabouts of their children, or if their country was the aggressor or the victim. Whatever the origin of the dispute, he, a farm laborer, and she, his former employer, continue to love each other and their days pass simply and routinely. One day, a mute boy enters their property. At first they lock him up like a prisoner, but they end up becoming fond of him, and when the authorities announce that the area needs to be evacuated and they must set out for the transparent city, the three go together. In that moment, the boy is baptized as Julio. The gates of the metropolis display a clear warning: in the air swing the lifeless bodies of traitors. Inside, the transparent city is almost a paradise that provides its inhabitants with everything one could want in a home: harmony, neatness, and protection. Strict order, authoritarian calm, and absolute transparency reign supreme: neither secrets nor walls are permitted. In a society in which everything private is public domain, in a happy and suffocating world that passively attacks the dignity of human beings, emerge the most chilling portents of our future.

Llega a Alfaguara el gran libro de historias de Nueva York de Ray Loriga, premio Alfaguara de novela 2017, cuando se cumplen veinte a os de su primera publicaci n. El hombre que invent Manhattan se llamaba en realidad Gerald Ulsrak, estaba casado y ten a dos hijas. O quiz s lo una. Hab a nacido en un peque o pueblo en las monta as de Rumania y siempre hab a so ado con un sitio mejor, Manhattan, y un nombre distinto, Charlie. Trabajaba en el mantenimiento de un bloque de apartamentos y se repet a noche tras noche como un mantra que el siguiente ser a un buen d a. La ma ana de A o Nuevo de 2002 amaneci colgado de una viga del techo. Su suicidio pone en marcha la recreaci n por parte del narrador un inquilino del inmueble de un mundo en el que se mezclan la realidad y la ficci n. A trav s de historias cortas, agudas como flechas, marcadas por los juegos de identidades, el humor ir nico y unos personajes inolvidables, se erige una ciudad m tica: un Manhattan personal, exacto y al tiempo imaginado, te ido por toda la literatura y el cine que reflejan la ciudad de Nueva York. Cuando se cumplen veinte a os de su publicaci n, llega a Alfaguara el gran libro de historias de Nueva York de Ray Loriga, ganador del Premio Alfaguara de novela 2017. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION On the twentieth anniversary of their first publication, Alfaguara offers this new edition of the New York stories of Ray Loriga, winner of the Alfaguara 2017 Novel Prize. The man who invented Manhattan was named Gerald Ulsrak. He was married and had two daughters. Or maybe just one. Born in a small town in the mountains of Romania, he dreamed of a better place, Manhattan, and a better name, Charlie. Night after night, after working all day at his job as a handyman in an apartment complex, he told himself, like a mantra, that tomorrow would be a good day. On the morning of New Year's Day, 2002, he hung himself from a roof beam. Ulsrak's suicide moves the narrator, a tenant of the apartment block, to craft this series of short stories that blend reality and fiction. Incisive and ironic, peopled by unforgettable characters with fluid identities, they depict a mythical city: a personal Manhattan, both accurate and imagined, influenced by the New York of literature and film. Twenty years after they were first published, Alfaguara offers this new edition of the New York stories of Ray Loriga, winner of the Premio Alfaguara de novela 2017.