Aphasia

A modernist tour de force from an exhilarating new talent\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAntonios sister is on the run. Convinced that Antonio is conspiring with Obama, the Pentagon, and now her own neighbours, shes disappeared. Antonio, however, is doing his best to think of anything but his sister or, for that matter, any of his problems. \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nBy day, hes Antonio, father of two, recent divorce and unenthusiastic database analyst. In private, he divides his time between visits to seedy pick-up website Your Sugar Arrangements, and hours spent combing fiction and film for examples of how to become a better father.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAs the meticulously crafted structure of his outwardly comfortable life begins to crumble, Antonio submerges himself in the lives of those who have shaped him.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nWhat really caused his mother to leave Antonios father with two young children in tow?\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nWhat lies beneath his Czech ex-wifes troubled, obsessive relationship with her country? \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAnd where does Antonio, the man, fit in all this? \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nPropulsive and freewheeling, Mauro Javier Cardenas second novel is a daring examination of identity in a world that seems determined to fragment us.