by Jorge Edwards · ALFAGUARA · tapa dura · ISBN 9788420467375
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«El inútil de la familia» is the historical fiction novel by Jorge Edwards, published by Alfaguara in hardcover (360 pages, in Spanish).
The novel follows Joaquín Edwards Bello, a relative of the author and an unclassifiable figure in Chilean literature. His life as a talented writer, marked by gambling, adventure and rebellion, unfolds between Madrid, Paris, Valparaíso and Santiago; the narrative combines family memory, humor and social chronicle.
Joaquín Edwards Bello was a great-grandson of Andrés Bello and received the National Literature Prize in 1943. The novel belongs to Alfaguara's Hispánica collection.
For readers of historical fiction and Chilean narrative interested in biographical portraits of marginal and adventurous characters.
Jorge Edwards Valdés was a Chilean novelist, journalist and diplomat. He was the Chilean ambassador to France during the first Sebastián Piñera presidency.
