The bottom of the sky
By: Rodrigo Fresán ; translated from the Spanish by Will Vanderhyden
Contributors: Vanderhyden, Will, translator
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Open Letter
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 266
ISBN-13: 9781940953786
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Interpersonal relations; Friendship; Fiction
Work titles: Fondo del cielo
Description: "An homage to American science fiction films and novels, The Bottom of the Sky is the story of two boys, a disturbingly beautiful girl, and their joint love for other planets. Their friendship is formed during the heyday of sci-fi writing, a time defined by almost cult-like literary groups and pulp covers awash in gaudy alien landscapes. But time has passed, and the three members of The Faraways have drifted apart. The future they once dreamed of is now happening, but interstellar travel to Urkh 24 has been replaced with 9/11, the Gulf War, and a mysterious "incident" at the center of it all. A Kurt Vonnegut novel told by David Lynch, filtered through the madness of Philip K. Dick, The Bottom of the Sky is a triumph of style, or, as Fresán says in the afterword, "a clump of simultaneously broadcast messages, like a storyline that only wants to be a succession of marvelous moments seen all at the same time."--
Notes: Translation from the Spanish of: Fondo del cielo.