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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Fiction in translation
David Nicholls meets Almodovar meets Little Miss Sunshine in this moving and achingly funny novel of friendship and heartbreak from one of Spain's most beloved authors.
WINNER OF AN ENGLISH PEN AWARD
'Effortlessly readable and fizzing with energy, this novel is by turns quirky, funny and thoughtful' Mail on Sunday
Dani Mosca is 40 and his father has just died.
Fulfilling his father's last wishes, Dani embarks on a road trip back to his childhood village, a three-hour hearse journey from Madrid. Leaving behind the busy streets of the city for the deserted, archaic heart of Spain, Dani revisits the key junctions of his life: his conflicted relationship with a pragmatic and authoritarian father; the mystery of his birth; his school years in the repressed atmosphere of Catholic Spain; the origin of his band and its early successes; the emptiness left by a tragically lost friendship; his great loves.
Laugh-out-loud funny, deeply moving and featuring an unforgettable cast of characters - from Ecuadorian drivers to Spanish Bowie lookalikes - Rolling Fields is a novel full of the grace and messiness of life: brave, exciting and completely irresistible.
Translated from Spanish by Rahul Bery
Praise for Rolling Fields
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Effortlessly readable and fizzing with energy, this novel is by turns quirky, funny and thoughtful. - Mail on Sunday
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Incisive and bittersweet. - Independent
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Breezy, bittersweet and tangential, Trueba's prose captures the rueful regrets of a man who's searching for meaning and redemption in a life that's short on both. - Daily Mail
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What holds the attention is the evocation of a culture trying to break free of rural, religious and Franco-ist ties. Dani's wistful search for validation - from music, sex, or his father - adds a thoughtful dimension. - Evening Standard
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David Trueba's skilfully crafted novel is fast-moving and full of sparkle, but with a deeper pull beneath the surface ... It is a novel that tackles the chaos of life nakedly and nobly - LITERARY REVIEW
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Funny, poignant, full of honesty and warmth - The Sun
David Trueba
DAVID TRUEBA is a writer and film director. He is the author of five novels, all of them wildly popular in Spain and widely translated. His latest film, Vivir es fA cil con los ojos cerrados, was longlisted in the Best Foreign Film category at the Oscars in 2015 and won Goya Awards for Best Film, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay.
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