Rolling Fields, David Trueba
Rolling Fields, David Trueba
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Rolling Fields

Author: David Trueba, Rahul Bery

Narrator: Nicholas Gauci

Unabridged: 11 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/11/2020

Synopsis

WINNER OF AN ENGLISH PEN AWARD

'Effortlessly readable and fizzing with energy, this novel is by turns quirky, funny and thoughtful' Mail on Sunday

Dani Mosca is 40 and his father has just died.

Fulfilling his father's last wishes, Dani embarks on a road trip back to his childhood village, a three-hour hearse journey from Madrid. Leaving behind the busy streets of the city for the deserted, archaic heart of Spain, Dani revisits the key junctions of his life: his conflicted relationship with a pragmatic and authoritarian father; the mystery of his birth; his school years in the repressed atmosphere of Catholic Spain; the origin of his band and its early successes; the emptiness left by a tragically lost friendship; his great loves.

Laugh-out-loud funny, deeply moving and featuring an unforgettable cast of characters - from Ecuadorian drivers to Spanish Bowie lookalikes - Rolling Fields is a novel full of the grace and messiness of life: brave, exciting and completely irresistible.

Translated from Spanish by Rahul Bery

About David Trueba

DAVID TRUEBA is a writer and film director. He is the author of five novels, all of them wildly popular in Spain and widely translated. His latest film, Vivir es fácil con los ojos cerrados, was longlisted in the Best Foreign Film category at the Oscars in 2015 and won Goya Awards for Best Film, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Remo

Novela absolutamente maravillosa. Me ha encantado. Un músico pop español de cuarenta y muchos años repasa su vida mientras viaja en coche fúnebre por los campos de Castilla a enterrar a su padre en su pueblo natal. El viaje es la excusa y a la vez el hilo conductor de la vida de Daniel Mosca, un can......more

Goodreads review by Masteatro

Una buena novela. A través de reflexiones guiadas por sus recuerdos, Dani Mosca nos va contando su vida, la de su familia y la de sus amigos. El principio me pareció absolutamente brillante, lleno de humor e ironía. Luego la historia se va llenando poco a poco de melancolía pero tiene multitud de fras......more

Goodreads review by M.C

Al final una especie de "documental" o falsa autobiografía, o bildungsroman al estilo moderno, que me ha recordado mucho a la obra de Karl Ove Knausgård, con la diferencia de que aquel hace autoficción y Trueba inventa un personaje, pero contando con tantos detalles irrelevantes que diríase autobiog......more

Goodreads review by LIBROCINIO

Estás aburrido mirando Facebook y te topas con una publicación del grupo “Yo fui a EGB” en la que aparece uno de esos “juguetes” que regalaban con los yogures cuando eras pequeño allá al comienzo de los años 80 y sientes una mezcla de nostalgia – por el tiempo transcurrido -, alegría – por el tiempo......more

Goodreads review by Daniela

Trueba como siempre con la capacidad de expresar las cosas cotidianas y hacerlas memorables a través de frases en las que todos podemos reconocernos. Siempre con un humor que se inclina a la ironía, pero es real y humano. Este libro tiene como hilo conductor la relación de Dani Mosca con su padre y......more

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Effortlessly readable and fizzing with energy, this novel is by turns quirky, funny and thoughtful. Mail on Sunday

Incisive and bittersweet. Independent

Breezy, bittersweet and tangential, Trueba's prose captures the rueful regrets of a man who's searching for meaning and redemption in a life that's short on both. Daily Mail

What holds the attention is the evocation of a culture trying to break free of rural, religious and Franco-ist ties. Dani's wistful search for validation - from music, sex, or his father - adds a thoughtful dimension. Evening Standard

David Trueba's skilfully crafted novel is fast-moving and full of sparkle, but with a deeper pull beneath the surface ... It is a novel that tackles the chaos of life nakedly and nobly LITERARY REVIEW

Funny, poignant, full of honesty and warmth The Sun

Trueba writes about everyday life with a redemptive epic while avoiding sentimental pornography and cynicism. He wants to know who he is while we the readers try to figure out how is it possible that his experience of life looks so much like ours. Carlos Zanón, El País

The narrative richness of the book is outstanding. Trueba has an instinct to extract from the language its paradoxes with a grace that comes only from a delicate attention to people's conversations (...) The novel shines even brighter as life flirts with death and the ballad becomes sad. J.M. Pozuelo Yvancos, ABC

A funny and bitter novel, full of intelligence and energy. It shows some of the miseries and the modest grandeur of life. The character's self-criticism is brave, exciting, and realistic. With a skillful and stimulating taste for risk, it combines many issues and registers: from rock mythology to family melodrama, from John Irving to Rafael Azcona. Daniel Gascón, Letras Libres

An effortless, fast-paced and light-hearted yet tremendously good piece of fiction. Rafael Ruiz Pleguezuelos, Qué Leer

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