Un hombre aguarda el nacimiento de su hijo. Asiste fascinado a la gestacin junto a la madre, imagina a ese ser que vendr a revolucionar su casa, su lenguaje, su pareja y su propia historia familiar. A lo largo de un ao memorable, el hombre narra los primeros compases de una existencia nueva: la suya como padre junto a la madre y el hijo, tres personajes de una historia universal que encuentra palabras recin nacidas. Umbilical es un relato lrico cuyas bsquedas resuenan tanto en el plano ntimo como en el colectivo. Sus reflexiones sobre la experiencia de la paternidad sitan a la masculinidad frente al milagro de la vida y su incesante relectura del presente, en una poca de redefinicin de los roles, aceptando as la invitacin de la poeta Anne Waldman que encabeza estas pginas: «Que los hombres detengan su alboroto / frente a la maravilla del beb . Pero es tambin, y sobre todo, una declaracin de amor. El libro ms ntimo de un autor fundamental disponible en el catlogo para lectores de todo el mundo. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION The moving story of a man becoming a father, written by the winner of the 2009 Alfaguara Award. «I am delighted that we are together, my son, becoming what we will both be. A man awaits his son's birth. Captivated, he follows the mother's pregnancy, imagining the child that will transform his house, his language, his relationship, and his family history. For a year, he annotates the memorable first steps leading the three of them into these new existential situations: being a father, a mother, a son; three different characters in a universal story, told in newly born words. Cord Blood is a lyrical tale that resonates both on intimate and collective levels. Its understanding of fatherhood faces masculinity with the miracle of life and its incessant rereading of the present. In a time that redefines traditionally attributed roles, Cord Blood accepts Anne Waldman's invitation: «Tell the man to give up tumult for the while / To wonder at the sight of baby's beauty. But it is also, and above all, a love statement. The most intimate journal, from a fundamental author, available for readers from all over the world.
Un hombre aguarda el nacimiento de su hijo. Asiste fascinado a la gestacin junto a la madre, imagina a ese ser que vendr a revolucionar su casa, su lenguaje, su pareja y su propia historia familiar. A lo largo de un ao memorable, el hombre narra los primeros compases de una existencia nueva: la suya como padre junto a la madre y el hijo, tres personajes de una historia universal que encuentra palabras recin nacidas. Umbilical es un relato lrico cuyas bsquedas resuenan tanto en el plano ntimo como en el colectivo. Sus reflexiones sobre la experiencia de la paternidad sitan a la masculinidad frente al milagro de la vida y su incesante relectura del presente, en una poca de redefinicin de los roles, aceptando as la invitacin de la poeta Anne Waldman que encabeza estas pginas: «Que los hombres detengan su alboroto / frente a la maravilla del beb . Pero es tambin, y sobre todo, una declaracin de amor. El libro ms ntimo de un autor fundamental disponible en el catlogo para lectores de todo el mundo. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION The moving story of a man becoming a father, written by the winner of the 2009 Alfaguara Award. «I am delighted that we are together, my son, becoming what we will both be. A man awaits his son's birth. Captivated, he follows the mother's pregnancy, imagining the child that will transform his house, his language, his relationship, and his family history. For a year, he annotates the memorable first steps leading the three of them into these new existential situations: being a father, a mother, a son; three different characters in a universal story, told in newly born words. Cord Blood is a lyrical tale that resonates both on intimate and collective levels. Its understanding of fatherhood faces masculinity with the miracle of life and its incessant rereading of the present. In a time that redefines traditionally attributed roles, Cord Blood accepts Anne Waldman's invitation: «Tell the man to give up tumult for the while / To wonder at the sight of baby's beauty. But it is also, and above all, a love statement. The most intimate journal, from a fundamental author, available for readers from all over the world.
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