by Jorge Edwards · PUNTO DE LECTURA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788466308236
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«El inútil de la familia» is the novel by Chilean writer Jorge Edwards, published by Punto de Lectura in paperback (464 pages, in Spanish).
The novel focuses on Joaquín Edwards Bello, a relative of the author, who won the National Literature Prize in 1943. His adventurous life as a compulsive gambler and rebel made him a legend. The narrative combines memory and invention and moves between Europe and Chile, between palatial settings, bohemia and satire.
The historical figure Joaquín Edwards Bello (1888-1968) was a great-grandson of Andrés Bello. The Chilean author Jorge Edwards won the Cervantes Prize in 1999.
For readers of contemporary fiction interested in biographical portraits and Chilean literary history.
Jorge Edwards Valdés was a Chilean novelist, journalist and diplomat. He was the Chilean ambassador to France during the first Sebastián Piñera presidency.
