by John Lanchester · Editorial Anagrama · tapa dura · ISBN 9788433970343
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«El puerto de los aromas» is the historical novel by John Lanchester, published by Editorial Anagrama in hardcover (416 pages, in Spanish).
In 1935, young Englishman Tom Stewart travels to Hong Kong and meets Maria, a Chinese nun who teaches him Cantonese. Decades later, London journalist Dawn Stone settles in the city and Chinese refugee Matthew Ho prospers as a businessman. Their stories intersect with the colony's transformation up to its capitalist present.
It is volume 574 of the Panorama de narrativas collection, translated by Javier Lacruz. It was originally published in English as «Fragrant Harbor» and won the Premi Llibreter for narrative in 2005.
For readers of historical and contemporary fiction, and for those seeking portraits of cities in transformation through intertwined characters.
John Henry Lanchester is a British journalist and novelist.
