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Affections

Winner of an English PEN Award `He is not a good writer, thank goodness. He is a great one` Jonathan Safran Foer A gripping novel about an unusual family`s breakdown, set in 1950s-60s South America Loosely based on real events, Affections tells the story of the eccentric, fascinating Ertl family, headed by the egocentric and extraordinary Hans, once Leni Riefenstahl`s famous cameraman and Rommel`s `personal photographer`. Having fled Germany shortly after the country`s defeat in the war, the family now lives in Bolivia. However, shortly after their arrival Hans – an enthusiastic adventurer and mountaineer – decides to embark on an expedition in search of Paititi, a legendary Inca city. The failure of their outlandish quest into the depths of the Amazon rainforest proves fateful, initiating the end of a family whose subsequent voyage of discovery ends up eroding everything which once held it together.Against the backdrop of the both optimistic and violent 1950s and 1960s, Affections traces the Ertls` inevitable breakdown through the various erratic trajectories of each family member – from Hans and his constant engagement in colossal projects, to his daughter Monika, heir to his adventurous spirit, who joins the Bolivian Marxist guerrillas and becomes known as `Che Guevara`s avenger` – and the story of a woman in search of herself, the story of the heartrending relationship between a father and a daughter, the story of a family adrift. `Hasbun`s writing has a strange power. He likes to reach into the darkest places. Reading him is like…a journey to the brink of an abyss` El Pais

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