{"product_id":"a-father-is-born-paperback","title":"A Father Is Born - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAndrés Neuman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRobin Myers\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe moving story of a man relearning his entire world and words, written by the winner of the Alfaguara Prize.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"It's not vertigo: it's a child.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA father, a mother, a child: three different characters in a universal story, told in newly born words. A minimalist chronicle of a simultaneous gestation, resonating both on intimate and collective levels, this book belongs to a rare genre of love literature: that which an astonished father writes for his son. Its pages explore the enigma of those essential learnings that we will never remember: arriving to the world, starting to walk, to speak, to form our identity and organize our memory. Its luminous voice pays tribute to early childhood and to language itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Father is Born\u003c\/em\u003e begins by delving deep into the pre-natal experience--traditionally foreign to men--from the wonderstruck perspective of a father who reflects on his own gendered education. Continuing with the newborn's arrival and the discoveries prompted by caring for, observing, and getting to know him, our narrator then recounts the period when words make their powerful appearance and the child begins speaking. This moving story deals with the relationship between a man and his infant son, both before and after the burst of verbal language, revealing the mysterious link between grammar and emotions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a time that redines tradionally attributed roles, \u003cem\u003eA Father is Born\u003c\/em\u003e accepts the poet Anne Waldman's invitation: \"Tell the man to give up tumult for the while \/ to wonder at the sight of baby's beauty.\" In a radically synthetic style, striking a delicate balance between narrative and poetic prose, Andrés Neuman offers us his most intimate work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrés Neuman\u003c\/b\u003e (1977) was selected as one of \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e's \"Best of Young Spanish-Language Novelists\" and was included on the Bogotá-39 list. He is the author of numerous novels, short stories, poems, aphorisms, and travel books, including \u003ci\u003eTraveler of the Century\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTalking to Ourselves\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Things We Don't Do\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFracture.\u003c\/i\u003e His works have been translated into twenty-two languages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobin Myers\u003c\/b\u003e is a poet, translator, essayist, and 2023 NEA Translation Fellow. Her latest translations include \u003ci\u003eLast Date in El Zapotal\u003c\/i\u003e by Mateo García Elizondo (Charco Press), \u003ci\u003eA Strange Adventure \u003c\/i\u003eby Eva Forest (Sternberg Press), \u003ci\u003eWhat Comes Back \u003c\/i\u003eby Javier Peñalosa M. (Copper Canyon Press); \u003ci\u003eThe Brush \u003c\/i\u003eby Eliana Hernández-Pachón (Archipelago Books); and \u003ci\u003eBariloche \u003c\/i\u003e(Open Letter Books) and \u003ci\u003eLove Training \u003c\/i\u003e(Deep Vellum Publishing), both by Andrés Neuman.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 180\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 08, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47983870935179,"sku":"9781960385413","price":26.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/2579\/7259\/files\/9QivsnoF5Y9781960385413.webp?v=1783849651","url":"https:\/\/thetaletrade.com\/products\/a-father-is-born-paperback","provider":"The Tale Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}