by Tim Parks · Tusquets Editores S.A. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788483102428
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«Destino» is the contemporary fiction novel by Tim Parks, published by Tusquets Editores S.A. in paperback (296 pages, in Spanish).
Christopher Burton, a British correspondent in Italy, receives news of the suicide of his only son, Marco, who is ill with schizophrenia in a sanatorium in Turin. Together with his Italian wife, he embarks on a chaotic journey between London, Turin and Rome to organize the funeral. The first-person narrative interweaves memory, identity, love and the deterioration of family life.
The novel belongs to the Andanzas collection from Tusquets, number 512. The cover reproduces the illustration Mani Mon-ky (1985) by Greg Spalenka.
For readers of contemporary fiction interested in family dramas and psychological narrative about grief and memory.
Timothy Harold Parks is a British novelist who has lived in Italy since 1981. He is also an author of nonfiction, a translator from Italian to English, and a professor of literature.
