by Siri Hustvedt · Editorial Empúries · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788497873895
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«Elegia per un americà» is the contemporary fiction novel by Siri Hustvedt, published by Editorial Empúries in paperback (360 pages, in Catalan).
After the death of their father, Erik and Inga Davidsen delve into the diaries he left behind and uncover family secrets. Inga discovers her late husband's infidelities, while Erik falls in love with a neighbor who hides a disturbing mystery. A novel about loss, memory and family disintegration.
Translation by Ferran Ràfols Gesa. Originally published in English as The Sorrows of an American. Anagrama/Empúries collection.
Aimed at readers of contemporary fiction and reading groups looking for novels about family dynamics and memory.
Siri Hustvedt is an American novelist and essayist. Hustvedt is the author of a book of poetry, seven novels, two books of essays, and several works of non-fiction. Her books include The Blindfold (1992), The Enchantment of Lily Dahl (1996), What I Loved (2003), for which she is best known, A Plea for Eros (2006), The Sorrows of an American (2008), The Shaking Woman or A History of My Nerves (2010), The Summer Without Men (2011), Living, Thinking, Looking (2012), The Blazing World (2014), Memories of the Future (2019), and Ghost Stories (2026). What I Loved and The Summer Without Men were international bestsellers. Her work has been translated into over thirty languages.
