by Tom Spanbauer · El Aleph Editores · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788476691717
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«El hombre que se enamoró de la luna» is the novel by Tom Spanbauer, published by El Aleph Editores in paperback (454 pages, in Spanish).
Cobertizo, an orphan with no origin, seeks his identity after being left in the care of Ida Richelieu, prostitute and mayor of the town of Excellent in 1880. His initiatory path, between violence and desire, leads him to a green-eyed cowboy who could be his father and to a poetic reflection on the fall of language.
Volume 6 of the Modernos y Clásicos collection. Spanish translation of the original English novel «The Man Who Fell in Love With the Moon».
Recommended for readers of contemporary fiction seeking evocative stories with an open exploration of sexuality.
Tom Spanbauer was an American writer whose work often explored issues of sexuality, race, and the ties that bind disparate people together. Raised in Idaho, Spanbauer lived in Kenya and across the United States. He later lived in Portland, Oregon, where he taught a course titled "dangerous writing." He graduated in 1988 from Columbia University with an MFA in Fiction and wrote five novels.
