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A riveting and highly praised novel by Guatemala’s leading writer of fiction, now in English for the first time
In the vein of the writings of Paul Bowles, Paul Theroux, and V. S. Naipaul, The African Shore marks a major new installment in the genre of dystopic travel fiction. Rodrigo Rey Rosa, prominent in today’s Guatemalan literary world and an author of growing international reputation, presents a tale of alienation, misrecognition, and intrigue set in and around Tangier. He weaves a double narrative involving a Colombian tourist pleasurably stranded in Morocco and a young shepherd who dreams of migrating to Spain and of “riches to come.” At the center of their tale is an owl both treasured and coveted.
The author addresses the anxiety, distrust, and potential for violence that characterize the border of all borders: the strait that divides Africa and Europe, where the waters of the Mediterranean and the Atlantic meet. His often-remarked prose style, at once rich and spare, endows his work with remarkable elegance. Rey Rosa generates a powerful reality within his imagined world, and he maintains a narrative tension to the haunting conclusion, raising small and large questions that linger in the reader’s mind long after the final page.
With an Afterword by Jeffrey Gray
- Sales Rank: #1895128 in Books
- Published on: 2013-10-22
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 7.75" h x .44" w x 5.00" l, .41 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 160 pages
Review
“Rodrigo Rey Rosa is the most rigorous writer of my generation, the most transparent, the one that knows best how to weave his stories, and the most luminous of all.”—Roberto Bolaño
(Roberto Bolaño)
“Quietly mesmerizing . . . Gray’s unadorned translation, keeping many of the regional exclamations intact, lets the narrative shine, demonstrating why Rey Rosa’s reputation is growing internationally.”—Publishers Weekly (Publishers Weekly)
“Rey Rosa creates narratives of mythic proportions.”—San Francisco Chronicle
(San Francisco Chronicle)
“I read Rodrigo Rey Rosa’s The African Shore in a single night. It is a slim volume, only 136 pages, but, more importantly, Rey Rosa is one of the most economical writers I’ve encountered in a long time. The exactitude and concise beauty of his prose illustrates not only what the characters do, but above all, what they see and what they perceive.”—Justin Alvarez, The Paris Review (Justin Alvarez The Paris Review)
“Bolaño wrote that Rey Rosa 'is the most rigorous writer of my generation, the most transparent, the one who knows best how to weave his stories, and the most luminous of all.' Rigorous and luminous, spare and sensual, terse and hilarious, horrifying yet with a poetic, supernatural and metaphysical imagination, his writing—like that found in the novella The African Shore, just out from Yale University Press in Jeffrey Gray’s translation—throws open windows in your mind as you read.”—Francisco Goldman, BOMB (Francisco Goldman BOMB)
“La orilla africana is expertly designed; it raises a series of small and large questions, which relay one another cunningly, maintaining narrative tension up to the haunting conclusion, and indeed beyond . . . It is tempting to call La orilla africana a minimalist novel, because of its scaled-down look, but that would be misleading. Although it systematically avoids emphasis, it touches on large and urgent themes.”—Chris Andrews, The Quarterly Conversation (Chris Andrews The Quarterly Conversation)
“Elegantly written, The African Shore conveys much information about cultures, past and present, along with the people who straddle the worlds of Europe and Africa. . . . Stunning in the simplicity and clarity of its style, this novel says a great deal in very few words, and the ending is perfect.”—Seeing the World Through Books (Seeing the World Through Books)
“Rodrigo Rey Rosa is a Guatemalan novelist whose short, minimalist prose demands being sifted through to uncover layers and interwoven strands that make the reading of The African Shore a rich and intense experience.”—New York Journal of Books (New York Journal of Books)
“A writer whose originality is such that he eludes all precedents or models “—J.A. Masoliver Ródenas, La Vanguardia
(J.A. Masoliver Ródenas La Vanguardia)
“[Rodrigo Rey Rosa’s] work is extraordinarily precise, mythic, and intriguing; it’s literature without useless gestures, where beauty seems to be born of its author’s curious inclination towards silence.”—Raphaëlle Rérolle, Le Monde
(Raphaëlle Rérolle Le Monde)
“[Rodrigo Rey Rosa’s] prose is almost elliptical, full of sharp turns immersed in fleeting sensory, impressionistic shadows.”—Claude-Michel Cluny, Le Figaro Litteraire
(Claude-Michel Cluny Le Figaro Litteraire)
“Rodrigo Rey Rosa’s prose, dense and precise, shows his literary relationship to legendary writer Paul Bowles.”—Der Spiegel
(Der Spiegel)
“A colossal writer in the Spanish language who, with the prodigious exactitude of his prose and the mathematic equilibrium of his narratives, draws from an abundance of techniques amplified by true talent.” —Javier Aparicio Maydeu, El Periódico
(Javier Aparicio Maydeu El Periódico)
“A rare novel—perfectly executed, inhabited both by poetry and by silence—which must be included among the greatest work of a great novelist.” —Luis Alonso Girgado, El Correo Gallego
(Luis Alonso Girgado El Correo Gallego)
“The novel has a clear and beautiful style, achieved through an appearance of sensuality—an equilibrium at once erotic and ascetic.” —Sergio González Rodríguez, Reforma
(Sergio González Rodríguez Reforma)
“The Guatemalan writer focuses his energy, certainly, on the subtle elements of his style: the speed, exactitude and concise beauty of his prose, combined with the elliptical flow of his narratives, continue to recommend him as a young master in the art of saying more with less.”—Gustavo Guerrero, Letras Libres
(Gustavo Guerrero Letras Libres)
“Evocative, even moving. . . . The African Shore is quite gripping.”—The Complete Review (The Complete Review)
“The African Shore practically demands to be read. It is a contemporary tale of international encounters in cosmopolitan, but substantially transformed Tangier, which leaves us thinking and wondering. Anyone who has spent significant time in Morocco will recognize the world that Rey Rosa evokes in his wonderfully frugal prose. And those who have not will enter into a foreign world and encounter a beautiful story that defies full comprehension. Both will leave the land of The African Shore changed.”—The Quarterly Conversation (The Quarterly Conversation)
“The book reads like a vivid dream seen through an opium haze, and sentence-by-sentence, is beautiful.”—Three Percent (Three Percent)
“A dark and intriguing travelogue.”—World Literature Today (World Literature Today)
"Exquisite . . . The North African setting (including Gibraltar) is as vivid and as enervating as the writings of Rey Rosa’s mentor. I’ve been a fan of Bowles and Rey Rosa for years, especially the latter’s stories. It’s a pleasure to read this longer narrative . . . skillfully translated by Jeffrey Gray."—Charles R. Larson, Counterpunch (Charles R. Larson Counterpunch)
"Simple, elegant, and surprising . . . Rey Rosa was a protégé of Paul Bowles’s and, though many of Rey Rosa’s books are set in his home country of Guatemala, this one takes place in Tangier, which is textured, meandering, and dreamlike, as if seen through an opium haze."—Sarah Gerard, Vol. 1 Brooklyn (Sarah Gerard Vol. 1 Brooklyn)
Finalist for the Best Translated Book Award organized by Three Percent, a resource for international literature based at the University of Rochester. (Three Percent University of Rochester 2014-04-21)
Shortlisted for the PEN American Center 2014 Literary Awards Translation Prize. (Translation Prize PEN American Center 2014-05-05)
Longlisted for the American Literary Translation Association's 2014 National Translation Award.The Shortlist will be announced in October 2014. (National Translation Award American Literary Translators Association 2014-08-05)
About the Author
Rodrigo Rey Rosa is a prominent member of the Guatemalan literary scene. Many of his works of fiction have been translated and internationally acclaimed, including Dust on Her Tongue, The Beggar’s Knife, and The Pelcari Project, all translated into English by the late Paul Bowles. He lives in Guatemala. Jeffrey Gray is professor of English, Seton Hall University, New Jersey. He is author of Mastery’s End: Travel and Postwar American Poetry and editor of the Greenwood Encyclopedia of American Poets and Poetry.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.
"Poor thing," said the doctor. "I don't think she'll fly again."
By Mary Whipple
(4.5 stars) Though he has been lauded by Roberto Bolano and many other Latin American authors and critics, Guatemalan author Rodrigo Rey Rosa, has been a well-kept secret to most English-speaking readers. Of his almost two dozen works published to acclaim in Latin America, only four have been published in English, and three of those are translations into English by famed American expatriate author Paul Bowles, who was Rey Rosa's literary mentor in Morocco. The African Shore, a novella which reflects some of Rey Rosa's experiences in Morocco, sweeps the reader into a world in which some aspects of European culture still remain strong in the late 1990s, a generation after the French and Spanish protectorates were nullified. The vibrant mix of cultures contributes to a Moroccan society which is magical, elusive, mysterious - and even haunting - but which is also filled with ominous hints of a changed future.
In three separate sections, three characters express their points of view and live independent lives which occationally overlap with other lives within the book. Here Rey Rosa reveals his characters so carefully that each section can stand alone as a short story or novella. Part I takes place in the rural countryside and features Hamsa, a young shepherd whose vision of the world is colored by local superstition, a belief in animism, and a long history filled with traditions. In the second section, a Colombian who has lost his passport, prepares to apply for a new one in Tangier. Through his eyes, the role of the Sultan, the culture of the city in which women resort to prostitution to gain dowry money, and the lively local drug culture are all revealed. Part III focuses on Laura, the Colombian's wife, who has remained behind in Cali, as she describes the red tape regarding his missing passport and wonders if her husband plans to return to his job there.
Elegantly written, The African Shore conveys much information about cultures, past and present, along with the people who straddle the worlds of Europe and Africa. The animism of the rural farmers, which infuses their lives with magical explanations; the Muslim culture, which provides comfort and identity to large numbers of people from all levels of society; and the criminality which seems to be filling a vacuum in the wake of the country's independence from Spain and France, all play a role in the imagery and symbolism which connects the many facets of this marvelous work. An owl with a wounded wing, which appears separately to each of the main characters, unifies all parts of the novel. The theme of change is tied to nature, its seasons, and its extremes, at the same time that it often originates in human nature, with all its urges and constraints, both personal and cultural.
Rey Rosa's writing is concise and clear, and the ending is perfect, a darkly ironic scene which reveals more about the separate cultures sharing space in Morocco than any sociological treatise could possibly convey. As the shepherd Hamsa tries to reach a bargain with a wealthy Christian woman who wants to buy "his" owl, all the twists of fate and all the ironies involved in these characters' separate lives converge, with only the owl having the perspective to see the world for what it is.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
Short sharp "prose-poems" - linked through and owl
By TonyMess
The African Shore came in for special mention at the Best Translated Book Award in 2014 with the judges noting:
We found Rodrigo Rey Rosa’s short novel The African Shore, masterfully translated by Jeffrey Gray, to be almost the perfect counterpoint to Seiobo There Below. In its sonnet-like perfection, even a single out-of-place word would have marred this novel’s hypnotizing effect, so due praise must be given to Rey Rosa and Gray for presenting us with this seamless, engrossing story. We also admired the strange logic by which Rey Rosa’s book functions, telling two parallel narratives that are connected by that strange symbolic creature, the owl. The African Shore felt very much to us like a story that only Rey Rosa could have told, a small, perfectly cut jewel that we can stare into endlessly. It is emblematic of the very rich exchange between Rey Rosa’s native Guatemala and the Morocco in which he lived for a decade, and its minimalist aesthetic points us toward an interesting new direction for Latin American literature to follow in the new century.
American composer, translator and writer Paul Bowles translated a number of Rodrigo Rey Rosa’s works into English as well as having his works translated by Rey Rosa. As a resident of Tangier for over fifty years, the setting of this novel in Morocco is a significant homage to his mentor. Paul Bowles himself recalled his first meeting of Rey Rosa in 1980 at a “creative writing” workshop at the American School of Tangier.
The youngest of the class was a Guatemalan, who wrote in Spanish. He had a fertile imagination, and used it to invent situations which were generally sinister. His texts were very short, often mere scenes or prose-poems of atmosphere, rather than tales, but all of them showed a power of invention capable of creating truly original situations.
“The African Shore” is one of those “truly original situations”, with short, sharp sections (“prose-poems”), we have a tale of a shepherd and an unnamed Columbian tourist, linked together through the fate of an owl. A great example of the short scene in use is where the shepherd invites a small boy into his tent:
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
Fantastic read.
By Kevin Keyser
Rey Rosa is criminally under read. Fantastic read.
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