The Difficult Ghost

Resumen del libro

In 1960, Truman Capote arrived in the small town of Palams on the Costa Brava. He'd hoped a short break from New York's social scene would help him finish the book he was writing about two young men convicted of a horrific murder. He wound up staying in Europe for three years of agonising self-exile, wrestling with his haunting material, crafting a masterpiece, and waiting for the event that would allow him to finish it-the execution of those two men. Following in Capote's footsteps in Palams, celebrated journalist Leila Guerriero finds almost no trace of those turbulent years. As she sorts through a jumble of competing local accounts and blatant fabrications, she launches a dazzling enquiry into the curious afterlife of writing-and the dark complexities of turning life into literature.

Biografía del autor

x{0026}lt;p x{0026}lt;strong Leila Guerrierox{0026}lt;/strong (Argentina, 1967) es periodista. Su trabajo se publica en diversos medios de América Latina y España: x{0026}lt;em La Naciónx{0026}lt;/em y x{0026}lt;em Rolling Stonex{0026}lt;/em , de Argentina; x{0026}lt;em El Paísx{0026}lt;/em , de España; x{0026}lt;em Gatopardox{0026}lt;/em , de México, y x{0026}lt;em El Mercuriox{0026}lt;/em , de Chile, entre otros. Es editora para América Latina de la revista mexicana x{0026}lt;em Gatopardox{0026}lt;/em . Publicó los libros x{0026}lt;em Los suicidas del fin del mundox{0026}lt;/em , x{0026}lt;em Frutos extrañosx{0026}lt;/em y, en Anagrama, x{0026}lt;strong x{0026}lt;em Una historia sencillax{0026}lt;/em x{0026}lt;/strong , x{0026}lt;strong x{0026}lt;em Zona de obrasx{0026}lt;/em x{0026}lt;/strong , x{0026}lt;strong x{0026}lt;em Plano americanox{0026}lt;/em x{0026}lt;/strong , x{0026}lt;strong x{0026}lt;em Opus Gelberx{0026}lt;/em x{0026}lt;/strong . x{0026}lt;strong x{0026}lt;em Retrato de un pianistax{0026}lt;/em x{0026}lt;/strong , x{0026}lt;strong x{0026}lt;em La otra guerra,x{0026}lt;/em x{0026}lt;/strong x{0026}lt;em x{0026}lt;strong La llamadax{0026}lt;/strong x{0026}lt;/em yx{0026}lt;em x{0026}lt;strong La dificultad del fantasma.x{0026}lt;/strong x{0026}lt;/em En 2010, su texto El rastro en los huesos , publicado en x{0026}lt;em El Paísx{0026}lt;/em y en x{0026}lt;em Gatopardox{0026}lt;/em , recibió el premio CEMEX+FNPI. Algunos de sus libros han sido traducidos al inglés, el francés, el italiano, el alemán, el portugués, el sueco y el polaco.x{0026}lt;/p