El lugar del padre

The empty chair at the table, where her father used to sit, sets a daughter of uncertain age thinking about the man she has lost. He came to Argentina from Italy after the war and worked as a level-crossing keeper in a quiet suburb south of Buenos Aires. In forty-seven short chapters she pieces together their bond and the small world around them: the friend across the street, a fallen tree, a hedge that needs trimming, a neighbour with many men, a birthday present that turns out to have been a swindle. Her mother is never mentioned.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

163 pages in the original

Genres

Family (assigned by AI)

Set in

Argentina

First published

2004 by Clarín/Alfaguara

ISBN

9789507825132 (original)