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TRAVELER OF THE CENTURY
By: Andres Neuman
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
May 2012
On Sale: April 24, 2012
576 pages
ISBN: 0374119392
EAN: 9780374119393
Kindle: B007NKN0S4
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Searching for an inn, the enigmatic traveler Hans stops in a small city on the border between Saxony and Prussia. The next morning, Hans meets an old organ-grinder in the market square and immediately finds himself enmeshed in an intense debateβon identity and what it is that defines usβfrom which he cannot break free. Indefinitely stuck in Wandernburg until his debate with the organ-grinder is concluded, he begins to meet the various characters who populate the town, including a young freethinker named Sophie. Though she is engaged to be married, Sophie and Hans begin a relationship that defies contemporary mores about female sexuality and what can and cannot be said about it. Traveler of the Century is a deeply intellectual novel, chock-full of discussions about philosophy, history, literature, love, and translation. It is a book that looks to the past in order to have us reconsider the conflicts of our present. The winner of Spainβs prestigious Alfaguara Prize and the National Critics Prize, Traveler of the Century marks the English-language debut of AndrΓ©s Neuman, a writer described by Roberto BolaΓ±o as being βtouched by grace.β
 Media BuzzDiane Rehm Show - NPR - May 7, 2012
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