Simpatía

Creator: Rodrigo Blanco Calderón

Title: Simpatía

Publisher: Original edition: Alfaguara
English edition: Seven Stories Press, New York, NY, 2024

Date: 2021

Language: Spanish

Description: "Ulises Kan is an orphan and a film enthusiast. His wife, Paulina, like so many others fleeing the ruined country they live in, has decided to leave. Without him. Two more events further upend his life: the return of Nadine, an unresolved love from his past, and the death of his father-in-law, General Martín Ayala. Through the latter’s will, Ulises discovers he has been given a peculiar mission: to transform Los Argonautas, the grand family estate, into a shelter for abandoned dogs. If he succeeds within the allotted time, he will inherit the luxurious apartment he once shared with Paulina. The controversial will sets off a chain of events that entangles Ulises in Paulina’s intrigues and the enigmatic presence of Nadine, whom he struggles to decipher. Meanwhile, the other inhabitants of the house project their own stories and ghosts onto its strange architecture. In a bankrupt society where all human bonds seem to have unraveled, Ulises is like a stray dog, scavenging for scraps of sympathy. Can we ever truly know the ones we love? What, at its core, is a family? Are abandoned dogs proof of God's existence—or of His absence? Unknowingly, Ulises embodies these questions, a pilgrim of affection in an era after love" (Publisher, translated from Spanish by Archivo Venezuela).

Subject: Literature, fiction, emigration, Venezuela, 21st century, Rodrigo Blanco Calderón

Type: Text

Format: Printed book

Rights: External reference

Relation:

Identifier: LIT0043

Collection: Narrative fiction

Tags: 21st Century, Fiction, inheritance, Literature, Migration, Rodrigo Blanco Calderón., succession, Venezuela

Citation: Rodrigo Blanco Calderón, Simpatía, Original edition: Alfaguara English edition: Seven Stories Press, New York, NY, 2024, 2021, accessed September 22, 2026, https://archivovenezuela.com/en/items/show/2