by Pedro Mairal · Libros del Asteroide S.L · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788417977597
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«Salvatierra» is the contemporary fiction novel by Pedro Mairal, published by Libros del Asteroide in paperback (176 pages, in Spanish).
Juan Salvatierra, a mute and self-taught painter, devoted his life to a secret mural painted on nearly four kilometres of fabric rolls. After his death, his son Miguel discovers that part of the work is missing and embarks on an investigation that, from Argentina to Uruguay, leads him to reconstruct the family history and rethink his own life.
«Salvatierra» was originally published in 2008; this 2021 edition belongs to the Libros del Asteroide collection, number 251.
For readers of contemporary Latin American fiction and of stories about memory, art and family relationships.
Pedro Mairal is an Argentine novelist, poet and musician. He has published more than a dozen books, among them the novel La Uruguaya which won the Tigre Juan Award in 2017. His work has been translated into French, German, Arabic, English and Dutch. In 2007, he was named as one of the Bogota39, a selection of the best young writers in Latin America. He also is part of the Generation of 90, with other argentine writers such as Fabián Casas, Santiago Vega, Samanta Schweblin and Selva Almada.
