by Maylis de Kerangal · Editorial Anagrama · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788433978684
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«Nacimiento de un puente» is the novel by Maylis de Kerangal, published by Editorial Anagrama in the Panorama de narrativas collection, in paperback (288 pages, in Spanish).
Set in the imaginary Californian city of Coca, the novel follows the construction of a great bridge promoted by a megalomaniac mayor. Its story intertwines with that of several workers arriving from different parts of the world: a seventeen-year-old Chinese miner, a Russian quartermaster, gold prospectors, a crane operator, and the chief site engineer, an egotistical and alcoholic man. To the rhythm of the works, the narrative shows the clash between the human drive to tame space and the force of nature.
It won the Prix Médicis and the Prix Franz Hessel. It belongs to the Panorama de narrativas collection, where it occupies number 838. Translated by Jaime Zulaika; the original title is «Naissance d'un pont».
Recommended for readers of contemporary literary fiction seeking a choral novel with intense prose about a major engineering project.
Maylis de Kerangal is a French author. Her novels deeply explore people in their work lives. She has won many awards for her work, and her novels have been published in several languages. Two have been adapted as films.
