A Father Is Born [electronic resource]
Andrés Neuman2025
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The moving story of a man becoming a father, written by the winner of the 2009
Alfaguara Award.
"I am delighted that we are together, my son, becoming what we will both be."
A man awaits his son's birth. Captivated, he follows the mother's pregnancy,
imagining the child that will transform his house, his language, his
relationship, and his family history. For a year, he annotates the memorable
first steps leading the three of them into these new existential situations:
being a father, a mother, a son; three different characters in a universal
story, told in newly born words. A situation further complicated when the child
begins speaking and articulating his world.
A Father Is Born is a lyrical tale that resonates both on intimate and
collective levels. Its understanding of fatherhood faces masculinity with the
miracle of life and its incessant rereading of the present. In a time that
redefines traditionally attributed roles, A Father Is Born accepts Anne
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Main title:
A Father Is Born [electronic resource] / Andrés Neuman
Author:
Andrés Neuman, Author
Imprint:
Rochester United States : Open Letter, 2025
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781960385420
Language:
English
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BRN:
534529
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