A novel by Diego Ziga, translated by Megan McDowell
March 7, 2017 5 x 7.75 128 Pages 978-1-56689-460-9
On a long, near-silent drive with his father, a young man surveys the worn-out puzzle of his broken family.
A long drive across Chiles Atacama desert, traversing the worn-out puzzle of a broken familya young mans corrosive intimacy with his mother, the obtrusive cheer of his absentee father, his uncles unexplained death. Camanchaca is a low fog pushing in from the sea, its moisture sustaining near-barren landscape. Sometimes, the silences are what bind us.
About the Author
Diego Ziga (born 1987) is a Chilean author and journalist. He is the author of two novels and the recipient of the Juegos Literarios Gabriela Mistral and the Chilean National Book and Reading Council Award. He lives in Santiago de Chile.
Megan McDowell is a Spanish language literary translator from Kentucky. Her work includes books by Alejandro Zambra, Arturo Fontaine, Lina Meruane, Mariana Enriquez, lvaro Bisama, and Juan Emar. Her translations have been published in the New Yorker,the Paris Review, Tin House, McSweeneys, Words Without Borders, Mandorla, and Vice, among others. She lives in Santiago, Chile.