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Cabo de Gata : A Novel by Eugen Ruge (2016, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherGraywolf Press

ISBN-10155597757X

ISBN-139781555977573

eBay Product ID (ePID)26038753371

Product Key Features

Book TitleCabo De Gata : a Novel

Number of Pages120 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2016

TopicGeneral, Literary

GenreFiction

AuthorEugen Ruge

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.3 in

Item Weight5.6 Oz

Item Length8.2 in

Item Width5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2016-931142

ReviewsPraise for In Times of Fading Light "A pulsing, vibrant, thrillingly alive work, full of formal inventiveness, remarkable empathy, and, above all, mordant and insightful wit." -The New York Times "A shrewd and very knowing novel, slippery with the truth and packed tight with compressed tension." -Star Tribune (Minneapolis), "Who among us has not been startled by our dreams, or basked in the glory of the dawning sun, or tried to write a novel and failed? Ruge asks his readers to surrender to the experience, in much the same way his narrator learns to surrender, to exist within life's harmonious contractions." -- Electric Literature "Ruge has a knowing eye for the life and rhythms of a traveler, capturing the narrator's daily rituals with detailed, delicate care. The cumulative effect is both tranquil and transportive, making Cabo de Gata a lovely little meditation on self-discovery and escape." -- Buzzfeed Books "[Cabo de Gata] reveals how deeply even the most standoffish among us yearn for a sense of belonging; and how that feeling of home and belonging can, given a routine to become accustomed to, emerge in the most unlikely of places." -- PopMatters "Quietly affecting. . . . [ Cabo de Gata ] poses questions about life's directions and perspectives. . . . [A] clever, stylish novel." -- Shelf Awareness " Cabo de Gata is a refreshing excursion, its moments effortlessly building meaning throughout." -- Publishers Weekly "With colloquial prose and sardonic wit, Ruge eruditely captures his narrator's precarious reality and creates a world that's a pleasure to observe and meander through. At times ruefully hilarious and absurd, this slight, philosophical book will humor anyone who's ever questioned his or her place in this unforgiving universe." -- Kirkus Reviews " Cabo de Gata is the best kind of novel--witty, lyrical, meandering, and featuring a mysterious cat. It's the kind that will make you laugh all the way through, and you won't realize it's unsettled you until you've finished and set it down. Then you'll pick it up again." --Katie Eelman, Papercuts, Boston, MA

SynopsisA witty, philosophical novel by the author of the internationally bestselling In Times of Fading Light Sometimes a cat comes into your life when you least expect it. An unnamed writer finds himself in Cabo de Gata, a sleepy, worn-down Andalusian fishing village. He's left behind his life in Berlin, which it turns out wasn't much--an ex-girlfriend, a neighborhood that had become too trendy for his taste. Surrounded by a desolate landscape that is scoured by surprisingly cold winds (not at all what he expected of southern Spain), he faces his daily failures: to connect with the innkeeper or any of the townsfolk, who all seem to be hiding something; to learn Spanish; to keep warm; to write. At last he succeeds in making an unlikely connection with one of the village's many feral cats. Does the cat have a message for him? And will their tenuous relationship be enough to turn his life around? With sharp intelligence and wry humor, Eugen Ruge's Cabo de Gata proposes the biggest questions and illustrates how achieving happiness sometimes means giving oneself up to the foreign and the unknown.

LC Classification NumberPT2718.U48C3313 2016