Gone to the Forest

Resumen del libro

This is a gripping and psychologically intense novel about the destruction of a family a farm, and a way of life. Set on a struggling farm in a fiercely beautiful colonial country teetering on the brink of civil war, this second novel by one of international literature's rising young stars weaves a brilliant tale of family drama and political turmoil. Since his mother's death ten years earlier, Tom and his father have fashioned a strained peace on their family farm.

Everything is frozen under the old man's vicious, relentless control - even, Tom soon discovers, his own future. When a young woman named Carine enters their lives, the complex triangle of intrigue and affection escalates the tension between the two men to the breaking point. After a catastrophic volcanic eruption ignites the nation's smoldering discontent into open revolution, Tom, his father, and Carine find themselves questioning their loyalties with one another and their determination to salvage their way of life.

Biografía del autor

Katie Kitamura Nació en Sacramento, California, en 1979, y pasó su infancia y su juventud entre Japón y Estados Unidos. Es profesora de escritura creativa en la Universidad de Nueva York. Su obra ha sido traducida a más de veinte lenguas. Entre sus obras destacan i En el bosque i (Sexto Piso, 2013), i Una separación i (Literatura Random House, 2018) e i Intimidades i (Sexto Piso, 2023), escogida por i The New York Times i como uno de los cinco mejores libros de ficción de 2021 y finalista de los premios National Book Award, PEN/Faulkner Award y Joyce Carol Oates Prize. i Audición i es su última novela.