Ben Shattuck

En doce brillantes relatos que se despliegan a lo largo de tres siglos, La historia del sonido indaga en las formas inesperadas en que el pasado vuelve a nosotros y en cómo el amor y la pérdida se entrelazan y se transforman a traves de las generaciones. En esta ingeniosa coleccion, Ben Shattuck concibe cada historia como el eco de otra: cada relato tiene su pareja, y en esa correspondencia se revela un secreto que resignifica lo leido. Misterios y asesinatos salen a la luz, la historia se refracta, y se trazan profundos vinculos emocionales entre personajes y familias.El inquietante relato que da titulo al volumen narra el encuentro de dos hombres alrededor de un piano, en un bar sombrio y lleno de humo, antes de compartir un verano, bajo la sombra inminente de la Primera Guerra Mundial, recorriendo los bosques de Maine para recopilar canciones populares. Decadas despues, en otra historia, una mujer descubre los cilindros de cera, grabados en aquel verano decisivo, mientras vacia su nueva casa en Maine. Los relatos de Shattuck, de una imaginacion desbordante y exquisita, conducen al lector desde el Nantucket del siglo XVIII hasta los bosques contemporaneos de New Hampshire y mas alla, por paisajes tan perdurables como profundamente modernos. Recuerdos, objetos, pinturas y diarios resurgen de formas sorprendentes y conmovedoras entre playas, bosques y huertos evocadores, revelando los secretos, los malentendidos y los amores que resisten al paso de los siglos.Escrito con una humanidad y un humor deslumbrantes, La historia del sonido es una carta de amor a Nueva Inglaterra, una conversacion radiante entre pasado y presente y una emotiva meditacion sobre la busqueda obstinada de un hogar.Una estructura narrativa minuciosa, una carga emocional poderosa y una prosa de gran belleza: esto es lo mejor que puede ofrecer la narrativa breve -Kirkus ReviewsUn autor excepcional de ficcion historica [.]. Esta coleccion de debut triunfal es el refugio definitivo para el invierno: ingeniosa, acogedora, escapista y esclarecedora a partes iguales. -The TimesLa musica y la memoria recorren estas historias entrelazadas y ambientadas en el pasado y el presente de Nueva Inglaterra [.]. Unos relatos deslumbrantes. -Daily Mail

Soon to be a major movie starring Paul Mescal and Josh O Connor Exquisitely crafted deeply imagined exhilaratingly diverse The History of Sound places Ben Shattuck firmly among the very finest of our storytellers Geraldine Brooks New York Times bestselling author of Horse Triumphant The Times Stellar Daily Mail Exceptionally accomplished The Scotsman Exquisite Sunday Post In twelve luminous stories set across three centuries The History of Sound examines the unexpected ways the past returns to us and how love and loss are entwined and transformed over generations In Ben Shattuck s ingenious collection each story has a companion story which contains a revelation about the previous paired story Mysteries and murders are revealed history is refracted and deep emotional connections are woven through characters and families The haunting title story recalls the journey of two men who meet around a piano in a smoky dim bar only to spend a summer walking the Maine woods collecting folk songs in the shadow of the First World War forever marked by the odyssey Decades later in another story a woman discovers the wax cylinders recorded that fateful summer while cleaning out her new house in Maine Shattuck s inventive exquisite stories tr

Now a major movie starring Paul Mescal and Josh OConnorTriumphantThe TimesStellarDaily MailExceptionally accomplishedThe ScotsmanSublimeObserverExquisiteSunday PostIn twelve luminous stories set across three centuries, The History of Sound examines the unexpected ways the past returns to us and how love and loss are entwined and transformed over generations. In Ben Shattucks ingenious collection, each story has a companion story, which contains a revelation about the previous, paired story. Mysteries and murders are revealed, history is refracted, and deep emotional connections are woven through characters and families.The haunting title story recalls the journey of two men who meet around a piano in a smoky, dim bar, only to spend a summer walking the Maine woods collecting folk songs in the shadow of the First World War, forever marked by the odyssey. Decades later, in another story, a woman discovers the wax cylinders recorded that fateful summer while cleaning out her new house in Maine. Shattucks inventive, exquisite stories transport readers from 1700s Nantucket to the contemporary woods of New Hampshire and beyondinto landscapes both enduring and unmistakably modern. Memories, artefacts, paintings, and journals resurface in surprising and poignant ways among evocative beaches, forests, and orchards, revealing the secrets, misunderstandings, and love that linger across centuries.Written with breathtaking humanity and humor, The History of Sound is a love letter to New England, a radiant conversation between past and present, and a moving meditation on the abiding search for home.