Jacobo Bergareche

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Biography

Jacobo Bergareche (London, 1976) abandoned his Fine Arts studies in Madrid to study Literature and Writing at Emerson College in Boston. He combines writing with his work as a producer and scriptwriter of series. He is author of the poem collection Playas (2004), the play Coma (2015), the series of children’s books Aventuras en Bodytown (2017), the autobiographical novel about his brother’s murder Estaciones de regreso (2019) and the novel Los días perfectos (Libros del Asteroide, 2021). He lived in Austin, Texas, for four years, and was able to conduct research into the private correspondence of various writers at the Harry Ransom Center; Perfect Days (Los días perfectos) is one of the fruits of that research. He lives in Madrid with his wife and three daughters.

Nominated book : Los días perfectos (Perfect Days)

Summary

Luis, a journalist who’s tired of his job and his marriage, is planning to attend a conference in Austin, Texas. The trip is merely an alibi to cover his meeting with Camila, who has become the only thing that motivates him in his life. But just as he is about to leave, he receives a message from her: “It’s over but we’ll always have our memories.” Heartbroken and at loose ends in Austin, he takes refuge in a university archive, where he happens upon the letters William Faulkner wrote to his lover Meta Carpenter. Reading the correspondence helps him to reconstruct his memories of his own love affair and to reflect on his tedious marriage, but also to wonder how one should live to make every day count. With much truth and humor, and an enormous narrative skill, Jacobo Bergareche will draw readers in with this unique and captivating novel that explores the universal nature of both the ardor of falling in love and the inevitable routine of long-term relationships. A book of exceptional solidity and originality that proves Bergareche is an author who has come into his own.

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Related publications

Various authors

Special publications
2023