Between Them

Resumen del libro

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sportswriter comes a deeply personal account of his parents - an intimate portrait of American mid-twentieth century life, and a celebration of family love Richard Ford's parents volunteered little about their early lives - and he rarely asked. Later, he pieced their stories together from anecdote, history and the occasional photograph, frozen moments linking him to another time. Edna Akin, a dark-eyed Arkansas beauty whose convent education was cut short by her itinerant parents, fell in love aged only seventeen.

Parker Ford was a tall country boy with a warm, hesitant smile, who was working at a grocery in Hot Springs. They married and began a life on the road in the American South, as Parker followed his travelling salesman's job. The 1930s were like one long weekend, a swirl of miles traversed, cocktails drunk and hotel rooms vacated: New Orleans, Memphis, Texarkana.

Then a single, late child was born, changing everything. In this book, Richard Ford evokes a vivid panorama of mid-twentieth century America, and an intimate portrait of family life. Exploring children's changing perception of their parents, he also reflects on the impact of loss and devotion.

Written with the intelligence, precision and humanity for which Ford is renowned, Between Them is both a son's great act of love and a redeeming meditation on family.

Biografía del autor

x{0026}lt;p x{0026}lt;strong Richard Fordx{0026}lt;/strong (Jackson, Mississippi, 1944) es Premio Princesa de Asturias de las Letras 2016 y ha publicado las novelasx{0026}lt;em x{0026}lt;strong Un trozo de mi corazónx{0026}lt;/strong x{0026}lt;/em , x{0026}lt;em x{0026}lt;strong La última oportunidadx{0026}lt;/strong x{0026}lt;/em , x{0026}lt;em x{0026}lt;strong Incendiosx{0026}lt;/strong x{0026}lt;/em , x{0026}lt;em x{0026}lt;strong Canadáx{0026}lt;/strong x{0026}lt;/em y la serie protagonizada por Frank Bascombe: x{0026}lt;strong x{0026}lt;em El periodista deportivox{0026}lt;/em x{0026}lt;/strong , x{0026}lt;em x{0026}lt;strong El Día de la Independenciax{0026}lt;/strong x{0026}lt;/em (premios Pulitzer y PEN/Faulkner), x{0026}lt;em x{0026}lt;strong Acción de Graciasx{0026}lt;/strong x{0026}lt;/em , x{0026}lt;em x{0026}lt;strong Francamente, Frankx{0026}lt;/strong x{0026}lt;/em yx{0026}lt;em x{0026}lt;strong Sé míax{0026}lt;/strong x{0026}lt;/em ; cuatro libros de narraciones, x{0026}lt;strong x{0026}lt;em Rock Springsx{0026}lt;/em x{0026}lt;/strong , x{0026}lt;em x{0026}lt;strong De mujeres con hombresx{0026}lt;/strong x{0026}lt;/em , x{0026}lt;em x{0026}lt;strong Pecados sin cuentox{0026}lt;/strong x{0026}lt;/em y x{0026}lt;em x{0026}lt;strong Lamento lo ocurridox{0026}lt;/strong x{0026}lt;/em , y los volúmenes memorialísticos x{0026}lt;strong x{0026}lt;em Mi madrex{0026}lt;/em x{0026}lt;/strong , x{0026}lt;strong x{0026}lt;em Flores en las grietasx{0026}lt;/em x{0026}lt;/strong y x{0026}lt;strong x{0026}lt;em Entre ellosx{0026}lt;/em x{0026}lt;/strong , editados todos en Anagrama y que le han confirmado como uno de los mejores escritores norteamericanos de su generación: El mejor escritor en activo de este país (Raymond Carver); Un crítico norteamericano ha dicho que Ford se inscribía en la tradición de Faulkner, Hemingway, Steinbeck... Se está convirtiendo tranquilamente en el mejor escritor norteamericano (Bernard Géniès, x{0026}lt;em Le Nouvel Observateurx{0026}lt;/em ); Richard Ford nos habla de un mundo que nos pertenece, como una canción de Tom Waits o x{0026} x02013;sirva como paradigma iconográficox{0026} x02013; el film de Wim Wenders Paris-Texas (J. Ernesto Ayala-Dip, x{0026}lt;em El Paísx{0026}lt;/em ).x{0026}lt;/p