Marcas De Nacimiento

A rowdy reel of a novel that spans a hundred years and one family’s far flung roots by the internationally acclaimed author of .

Screenwriter Milo Noirlac is dying. As he lies in his hospital bed, voices from his past and present — real and imagined — come to him in the dark, each taking on the rhythm of his favorite Brazilian fight-dance, the capoeira. Seated next to him, Milo’s partner, bumptious director Paul Schwartz, coaxes Milo through his life story; from the abuse he suffered as a foster child, to his lost heritage, his beloved grandfather’s priceless library. As Milo narrates, his story becomes the pair’s final screenplay, the movie that will be their masterpiece.

With Milo’s imagination in full flight, several generations of Noirlac ancestors — voices in French and English, German and Dutch, Cree and Gaelic — come to life. There’s Neil Kerrigan his Irish grandfather, classmate of “Jimmy” Joyce, would-be poet and aspiring activist in the fight against British occupation, crushed by his exile in Quebec; Awinita, Milo’s biological mother, an Indian teen prostitute; Eugénio, a Brazilian street child whom Milo finds and fosters; and Marie-Thérèse, Milo’s tough-as-nails aunt. As each voice cascades through Milo’s memory, a fragment of family, and world, history falls into place.

Already a critically-acclaimed bestseller in France, Nancy Huston’s is a rich portrait of one man’s life and death; a swirling, sensual dance of a novel, from an exceptional and rare literary voice.

“As musical as a Bach prelude.”— (France)

“A magnificently structured novel, one that captivates us with its grace and power …memorable.” —

Award-winning author Nancy Huston follows her bestselling novel, , winner of the Prix Femina, with an intensely provocative story about a passionate yet emotionally-wounded woman’s sexual explorations.

After a troubled childhood and two failed marriages, Rena Greenblatt has achieved success as a photographer. She specializes in infrared techniques that expose her pictures’ otherwise hidden landscapes and capture the raw essence of deeply private moments in the lives of her subjects.

Away from her lover, and stuck in Florence, Italy, with her infuriating stepmother and her aging, unwell father, Rena confronts not only the masterpieces of the Renaissance but the banal inconveniences of a family holiday. At the same time, she finds herself traveling into dark and passionate memories that will lead to disturbing revelations.

Infrared

Нэнси Хьюстон принадлежит к числу любимых авторов издательства «Текст». Ранее были выпущены ее романы «Печать ангела», «Дольче агония» и «Обожание». Каждая новая книга Нэнси Хьюстон — свидетельство неизменного таланта и растущего мастерства писательницы. Ее последний роман, вышедший в 2006 году, выдвигался на ряд престижных литературных премий, в том числе и на главную награду года — Гонкуровскую премию, был удостоен премии «Фемина». В этом масштабном произведении писательница вновь, после «Печати ангела», обращается к теме Второй мировой войны и через историю четырех поколений одной семьи рисует трагедию целого континента.