"The literature of the twenty-first century will belong to
Neuman." --Roberto Bolano
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 debate--on
identity and what it is that defines us--from 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
Spain's prestigious Alfaguara Prize and the National Critics Prize,
"Traveler of the Century "marks the English-language debut of
Andres Neuman, a writer described by Roberto Bolano as being
"touched by grace."
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