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03199aam a2200445 i 4500 001 125A7D7E5C5E11EFA39121381FECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240817010038 008 231002s2024 nyu e 000 f eng 010 $a 2023037981 020 $a 1644213656 020 $a 9781644213650 035 $a (OCoLC)1401622718 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d TOH $d OCLCO $d IUO $d FMG $d GP5 $d VP@ $d YDX $d AUM $d BDX $d NUI $d SILO 041 1 $a eng $h spa 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PQ8550.412.L36 $b S5513 2024 082 00 $a 863/.7 $2 23/eng/20231002 100 1 $a Blanco CalderoÌn, Rodrigo, $d 1981- $e author. 240 10 $a SimpatiÌa. $l English 245 10 $a SimpatiÌa : $b a novel / $c Rodrigo Blanco CalderoÌn ; translated by Noel HernaÌndez GonzaÌlez and Daniel Hahn. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Seven Stories Press, $c [2024] 300 $a 239 pages ; $c 21 cm 520 $a "SimpatiÌa is set in the Venezuela of Nicolas Maduro amid a mass exodus of the intellectual class who have been leaving their pets behind. Ulises Kan, the protagonist and a movie buff, receives a text message from his wife, Paulina, saying she is leaving the country (and him). Ulises is not heartbroken but liberated by Paulina's departure. Two other events end up disrupting his life even further: the return of Nadine, an unrequited love from the past, and the death of his father-in-law, General MartiÌn Ayala. Thanks to Ayala's will, Ulises discovers that he has been entrusted with a mission - to transform Los Argonautas, the great family home, into a shelter for abandoned dogs. If he manages to do it in time, he will inherit the luxurious apartment that he had shared with Paulina. This novel centers on themes of family and orphanhood in order to address the abuse of power by a patrilineage of political figures in Latin America, from SimoÌn BoliÌvar to Hugo ChaÌvez. The untranslatable title, SimpatiÌa, which means both sympathy and charm, ironically references the qualities these political figures share. In a morally bankrupt society, where all human ties seem to have dissolved, Ulises is like a stray dog picking up scraps of sympathy. Can you really know who you love? What is, in essence, a family? Are abandoned dogs proof of the existence or non-existence of God? Ulises unknowingly embodies these questions, as a pilgrim of affection in a post-love era"-- $c Provided by publisher. 546 $a Translated from the Spanish. 650 0 $a Separated people $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Inheritance and succession $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Life change events $v Fiction. 650 7 $a Inheritance and succession $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00973371 650 7 $a Life change events $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00998231 650 7 $a Separated people $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01112701 655 7 $a Fiction $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423787 655 7 $a Novels $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01921742 655 7 $a Novels. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Romans. $2 rvmgf $0 (CaQQLa)RVMGF-000000475 700 1 $a GonzaÌlez HernaÌndez, Noel, $e translator. 700 1 $a Hahn, Daniel, $e translator. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20240817011349.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=125A7D7E5C5E11EFA39121381FECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search