Jon McGregor

Es un día como otros, en el que todo transcurre con tranquilidad hasta que se produce un terrible accidente. Tres años más tarde, una joven recuerda lo sucedido, y la difícil situación en que se encuentra esta intimamente relacionada con aquel accidente del pasado. El azar pone en sus manos una caja con las fotografias que un vecino tomo obsesivamente de ella y de los habitantes de la calle. En esas imagenes, lo que parecia cotidiano resulta ser extraordinario. La joven descubre que las cosas realmente importantes, aquellas de las que nadie habla, pesan sobre su presente igual que marcaron su pasado.

A GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEARAN FT BOOK OF THE YEARA TLS BOOK OF THE YEARAN OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEARA TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEARFrom the award-winning author of If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things. Reservoir 13 tells the story of many lives haunted by one family''s loss.Midwinter in the early years of this century. A teenage girl on holiday has gone missing in the hills at the heart of England. The villagers are called up to join the search, fanning out across the moors as the police set up roadblocks and a crowd of news reporters descends on their usually quiet home.Meanwhile, there is work that must still be done: cows milked, fences repaired, stone cut, pints poured, beds made, sermons written, a pantomime rehearsed.The search for the missing girl goes on, but so does everyday life. As it must.An extraordinary novel of cumulative power and grace, Reservoir 13 explores the rhythms of the natural world and the repeated human gift for violence, unfolding over thirteen years as the aftershocks of a strangers tragedy refuse to subside.LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE 2017 COSTA NOVEL AWARDSHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE A rare and dazzling feat of art George Saunders, author of Lincoln in the BardoMcGregor writes with such grace and precision, with love even, about who and where we are, that he leaves behind all other writers of his generation Sarah Hall, author of The Wolf BorderReservoir 13 is quite extraordinary the way its structured, the way it rolls, the skill with which Jon McGregor lets the characters breathe and age Roddy Doyle, author of Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha

Del autor de El embalse 13. Una reflexión sobre los límites del cuerpo y del lenguaje, sobre nuestras fragilidades y la red de afectos que nos sostiene.Una pequeña expedición antártica acaba en tragedia tras una fuerte tormenta. Uno de los miembros del equipo ha desaparecido y otro, Robert Doc Wright, un veterano del trabajo de campo en la Antartida que tiene las claves de lo que ocurrio, ha perdido el habla y parte de la movilidad. De vuelta en casa, las consecuencias del accidente alcanzan a toda la familia. Su mujer Anna, cientifica, se enfrenta a una nueva vida como cuidadora a tiempo completo, mientras que Robert esta obligado a aprender una nueva manera de estar en el mundo.El multipremiado novelista Jon McGregor regresa con esta impactante novela que desmenuza de forma tierna y cautivadora la nocion de heroismo y explora las secuelas de los accidentes vasculares cerebrales. Una reflexion sobre la fina linea que separa el sacrificio del egoismo, una novela sobre el infravalorado e inadvertido coraje que se necesita para llegar hasta el final del dia.Un libro espectacular. Tan conmovedor y delicado y aterrador e inquietante; un habil recordatorio de nuestra fragilidad y fortaleza. Maggie OFarrellPrecioso (...) deja al lector conmovido y sutilmente transformado, como si hubiese pasado a formar parte de la historia.Hilary MantelJon McGregor vuelve a revelar su maestria para abordar las historias de lugares pequeños y cerrados. Carmen de Pascual (La Lectura - El Mundo)Una sagaz mirada sobre el apego, la necesidad y el amor en los vinculos de pareja. Diego Gandara (La Razon)La palabra para rojo es ciertamente un reto de primera magnitud, concebido como si deseara llegar mas adelante de todo lo conseguido hasta el momento. Jose Maria Guelbenzu (Babelia / El Pais)Jon McGregor nos abre con la llave de su inimitable estilo marcado por la sencillez la complejidad de las motivaciones humanas. Fernando Bonete (El Debate)Jon McGregor huye de los grandes dramas de las novelas para ahondar en las pequeñas tragedias humanas. Luis M. Alonso (La Nueva España)El paisaje, lejos de ser un simple decorado, determina decisivamente la trama y acaba funcionando casi como un estado mental. Miguel Artaza (Pergola)

Tender, sad, funny, and riveting, this is an astonishing collection of work by one of Britain''s finest contemporary writers.A man builds a tree house by a river, in anticipation of the coming flood. A sugar-beet crashes through a young woman''s windscreen. A boy sets fire to a barn. These aren''t the sort of things you imagine happening to someone like you. But sometimes they do.Set in the flat and threatened fenland landscape, where the sky is dominant and the sea lurks just beyond the horizon, these delicate, dangerous, and sometimes deeply funny stories tell of things buried and unearthed, of familiar places made strange, and of lives where much is hidden, much is at risk, and tender moments are hard-won.

As broadcast on BBC radio 4: the fifteen `prequel' stories to the Costa Award-WinningReservoir 13. `He leaves behind all other writers of his generation' Sarah Hall Midwinter in the early years of this century. A teenage girl on holiday has gone missing in the hills at the heart of England. The villagers are called up to join the search, fanning out across the moors as the police set up roadblocks and a crowd of news reporters descends on their usually quiet home. But the aftershocks of Becky Shaw's disappearance have origins long before then, and those in the village have losses, and secrets, and stories of their own... A woman remembers a son's inexperience - and a father's rage; a young wife pushes against the boundaries of her marriage, whilst an older one finds ways to ensure the survival of hers. A hunt for a birthday present takes an alarming turn, and a teenage game grows serious. Fresh hurts open old wounds, salvation comes from unexpected quarters and chance encounters release long-buried memories. First broadcast as a series of specially commissioned stories on BBC Radio 4, The Reservoir Tapes returns to the territory of the Booker-longlisted Reservoir 13, revealing the web of connections that bind us, and the many layers on which we all build our truths.

Como ya lo hiciera en Si nadie habla de las cosas que importan, Jon McGregor —el autor más joven nominado para el Premio Booker— exhibe de nuevo su enorme talento para tejer un relato fascinante a pa

Midwinter in the early years of this century. A teenage girl on holiday has gone missing in the hills at the heart of England. The villagers are called up to join the search, fanning out across the moors as the police set up roadblocks and a crowd of news reporters descends on their usually quiet home.But the aftershocks of Becky Shaws disappearance have origins long before then, and those in the village have losses, and secrets, and stories of their ownA woman remembers a sons inexperience and a fathers rage; a young wife pushes against the boundaries of her marriage, whilst an older one finds ways to ensure the survival of hers. A hunt for a birthday present takes an alarming turn, and a teenage game grows serious.Fresh hurts open old wounds, salvation comes from unexpected quarters and chance encounters release long-buried memories.First broadcast as a series of specially-commissioned stories on BBC Radio 4, The Reservoir Tapes returns to the territory of the Booker-longlisted Reservoir 13, revealing the web of connections that bind us, and the many layers on which we all build our truths.

From the award-winning author of If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things and Even the Dogs. Reservoir 13 tells the story of many lives haunted by one family's loss. A GUARDIAN NOTABLE BOOK OF 2017 Midwinter in the early years of this century. A teenage girl on holiday has gone missing in the hills at the heart of England. The villagers are called up to join the search, fanning out across the moors as the police set up roadblocks and a crowd of news reporters descends on their usually quiet home. Meanwhile, there is work that must still be done: cows milked, fences repaired, stone cut, pints poured, beds made, sermons written, a pantomime rehearsed. The search for the missing girl goes on, but so does everyday life. As it must. As the seasons unfold there are those who leave the village and those who are pulled back; those who come together or break apart. There are births and deaths; secrets kept and exposed; livelihoods made and lost; small kindnesses and unanticipated betrayals. Bats hang in the eaves of the church and herons stand sentry in the river; fieldfares flock in the hawthorn trees and badgers and foxes prowl deep in the woods - mating and fighting, hunting and dying. An extraordinary novel of cumulative power and grace, Reservoir 13 explores the rhythms of the natural world and the repeated human gift for violence, unfolding over thirteen years as the aftershocks of a stranger's tragedy refuse to subside.

A thrilling and propulsive novel of an Antarctica expedition gone wrong and its far-reaching consequences for the explorers and their families "leaves the reader moved and subtly changed, as if she had become part of the story" (Hilary Mantel).Remember the training: find shelter or make shelter, remain in place, establish contact with other members of the party, keep moving, keep calm. Robert 'Doc' Wright, a veteran of Antarctic surveying, was there on the ice when the worst happened. He holds within him the complete story of that nightbut depleted by the disaster, Wright is no longer able to communicate the truth. Instead, in the wake of the catastrophic expedition, he faces the most daunting adventure of his life: learning a whole new way to be in the world. Meanwhile Anna, his wife, must suddenly scramble to navigate the sharp and unexpected contours of life as a caregiver.

Cap d'Any en un petit poble de l'interior d'Anglaterra. Una noia de tretze anys ha desaparegut. La intensa recerca de veïns i policia no la trobarà, tot i que la investigació del cas s'allargarà setm

David Carter cannot help but wish for more: that his wife Eleanor would be the sparkling girl he once found so irresistible; that his job as a museum curator could live up to the promise it once held; that his daughter''s arrival could have brought him closer to Eleanor. But a few careless words spoken by his mother''s friend have left David restless with the knowledge that his whole life has been constructed around a lie.

UN DELS MILLORS LLIBRES DE L'ANY PER A KIRKUS REVIEWS I PUBLISHERS WEEKLY A la costa de l'Antàrtida tres membres d'una expedició de recerca queden separats per una tempesta imprevista, amb tràgiques

It leaves the reader moved and subtly changed, as if she had become part of the story' Hilary Mantel'So moving and delicate and terrifying and haunting' Maggie O'FarrellThe highly anticipated new novel from the Costa-award winning, three-times Booker-longlisted author of Reservoir 13.When an Antarctic research expedition goes wrong, the consequences are far-reaching - for the men involved and for their families back home. Robert "Doc" Wright, a veteran of Antarctic field work, holds the clues to what happened, but he is no longer able to communicate them. While Anna, his wife, navigates the sharp contours of her new life as a carer, Robert is forced to learn a whole new way to be in the world.Award-winning novelist Jon McGregor returns with a stunning novel that mesmerizingly and tenderly unpicks the notion of heroism and explores the indomitable human impulse to tell our stories - even when words fail us. A meditation on the line between sacrifice and selfishness this is a story of the undervalued, unrecognised courage it can take just to get through the day.

Una calle cualquiera de una ciudad del norte de Inglaterra el último domingo de verano. Las escenas se suceden como si fuesen polaroids pegadas sobre una cartulina: estudiantes que hacen las maletas sin saber que les depara el futuro; niños que entran y salen corriendo de sus casas; jovenes que empiezan a despertar tras pasar la noche de fiesta; un hombre que pinta de azul palido las ventanas de su casa; un matrimonio que se encierrra en su dormitorio para hacer el amor; una pareja de ancianos que se prepara para celebrar su aniversario...Con una mirada omnisciente sobre los seres anonimos que habitan la ciudad, Jon McGregor funde lo ordinario con lo extraordinario en una novela cuya tension y suspense no dejan de incrementarse hasta culminar con una sorpresa que aguarda al lector en la ultima pagina.

Una pequeña expedición antártica acaba en tragedia tras una fuerte tormenta. Uno de los miembros del equipo ha desaparecido y otro, Robert Doc Wright, un veterano del trabajo de campo en la Antártida que tiene las claves de lo que ocurrio, ha perdido el habla y parte de la movilidad. De vuelta en casa, las consecuencias del accidente alcanzan a toda la familia. Su mujer Anna, cientifica, se enfrenta a una nueva vida como cuidadora a tiempo completo, mientras que Robert esta obligado a aprender una nueva manera de estar en el mundo.El multipremiado novelista Jon McGregor regresa con esta impactante novela que desmenuza de forma tierna y cautivadora la nocion de heroismo y explora las secuelas de los accidentes vasculares cerebrales. Una reflexion sobre la fina linea que separa el sacrificio del egoismo, una novela sobre el infravalorado e inadvertido coraje que se necesita para llegar hasta el final del dia.Un libro espectacular. Tan conmovedor y delicado y aterrador e inquietante; un habil recordatorio de nuestra fragilidad y fortaleza.Maggie OFarrellPrecioso (...) deja al lector conmovido y sutilmente transformado, como si hubiese pasado a formar parte de la historia.Hilary MantelUna sagaz mirada sobre el apego, la necesidad y el amor en los vinculos de pareja. Diego Gandara (La Razon)La palabra para rojo es ciertamente un reto de primera magnitud, concebido como si deseara llegar mas adelante de todo lo conseguido hasta el momento.Jose Maria Guelbenzu (Babelia / El Pais)

Premio Costa 2017 Finalista del Man Booker 2017En un pequeño pueblo de Inglaterra, durante unas vacaciones, una adolescente desaparece. El suceso altera el sosegado ritmo de vida de sus habitantes, que se unen en una intensa busqueda mientras una multitud de periodistas cubre la noticia y la policia se moviliza para encontrarla. La investigacion se prolonga durante meses, pero la vida continua y el tiempo termina imponiendose de manera inexorable. Los vecinos asistiran a nacimientos y muertes, viviran enamoramientos y rupturas, mostraran lo mejor y lo peor de si mismos, guardaran secretos que quizas debieran salir a la luz, agradeceran pequeños favores y se enfrentaran a traiciones inesperadas.Jon McGregor se aprovecha de la precision y humanidad de su escritura para convertir a una pequeña comunidad y el paso del tiempo en los autenticos protagonistas de una magnifica novela galardonada con el premio Costa que lo ha consolidado como una de las voces mas brillantes de la literatura britanica.Un logro extraordinario; un retrato de una comunidad que deja en el lector un cariño duradero por sus personajes, porque reconoce en ellos sus locuras y debilidades y los pequeños actos de bondad y coraje que los unen. Stephanie Merritt (The Guardian)McGregor demuestra un poder casi visionario con este libro () Su novela nos revela una belleza ritmica, musical y de incesantes contrastes. El embalse 13 es un exito. James Wood (The New Yorker)Con su bella y minuciosa prosa, McGregor es capaz de transmitir el pathos de toda una vida en unas pocas lineas. A pesar del gran elenco de personajes, cada uno de ellos resulta particular y real () Una novela especial y conmovedora. Kate Taylor (The New York Times Book Review)