by Jorge Volpi · Booket · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788432216091
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«En busca de Klingsor» is the novel by Jorge Volpi, published by Booket in paperback (444 pages, in Spanish).
Lieutenant Francis P. Bacon pursues Klingsor, the scientist who advised Hitler on the Third Reich's atomic research. Lieutenant Bacon uncovers the complicities of the German elite and the dilemmas of love, sex and lies. A suspense novel that questions science and turns the hunt for a ghost into a disturbing investigation.
It won the Biblioteca Breve Prize in 1999, and the original edition was published in 1999; this paperback edition is from 2003.
For readers of historical and suspense novels set during the Second World War.
Jorge Volpi is a Mexican novelist and essayist, best known for his novels such as In Search of Klingsor . Trained as a lawyer, he gained notice in the 1990s with his first publications and participation in the pronouncement of the "Crack Manifesto" with several other young writers to protest the state of Mexican literature and promote their own work. Volpi's novels are distinct from magical realism and other trends of Latin American literature as they focus on the actions of characters and research into academic topics, especially history and science, and do not always focus on Latin American characters and settings. His work has been translated into twenty five languages and recognized with awards such as Biblioteca Breva Award and the Debate-Casa de América as well as a grant from the Guggenheim Foundation. In addition to his writing he has worked as a cultural attaché, the director of Canal 22 in the State of Mexico and is currently the director of the Festival Internacional Cervantino.
