by William Boyd · Alfaguara, Madrid · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420424293
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«Barras y estrellas» is the novel by William Boyd published by Alfaguara in paperback, with 320 pages, in Spanish.
Henderson Doren, an English appraiser specializing in Impressionist painting, moves to New York to revive an auction house. Shy and insecure, he longs to fit into American society, but a business trip to the south of the country brings him an encounter with a wealthy, eccentric family and a series of absurd situations.
The Spanish translation by Bernardo Moreno was published in 1987; the original work, in 1984, as Stars and Bars.
For readers of contemporary fiction with humor who enjoy mix-ups and the cultural clash between an Englishman and the United States.
William Andrew Murray Boyd is a British novelist, short story writer screenwriter and film director. He is best known for his novels, which include A Good Man in Africa (1981), Any Human Heart (2002), and Restless (2006), many of which have received critical acclaim and literary awards. Boyd has also written screenplays for film and television, including Chaplin (1992), and directed the World War I drama The Trench (1999). His work is characterised by its narrative vitality and range, earning him numerous accolades including the Whitbread First Novel Award, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, and the Costa Book Award. A number of his works are what he describes as "whole-life" novels which follow a protagonist through the highs and lows of a varied and often remarkable life. He regularly fuses fact with fiction and his lead characters encounter well-known historical figures. He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2005 for services to literature. John Self, writing for The Booker Prizes, described Boyd’s work as “vigorous, entertaining novels” produced by an “exceptionally fertile imagination,” and praised his fiction as “fully committed to his stories and characters.”
