A Luminous Republic
Written by Andrés Barba
Narrated by Jonathan Davis
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"Wholly compelling.” —Colm Tóibín
A new novel from a Spanish literary star about the arrival of feral children to a tropical city in Argentina, and the quest to stop them from pulling the place into chaos.
San Cristóbal was an unremarkable city—small, newly prosperous, contained by rain forest and river. But then the children arrived.
No one knew where they came from: thirty-two kids, seemingly born of the jungle, speaking an unknown language. At first they scavenged, stealing food and money and absconding to the trees. But their transgressions escalated to violence, and then the city’s own children began defecting to join them. Facing complete collapse, municipal forces embark on a hunt to find the kids before the city falls into irreparable chaos.
Narrated by the social worker who led the hunt, A Luminous Republic is a suspenseful, anguished fable that “could be read as Lord of the Flies seen from the other side, but that would rob Barba of the profound originality of his world” (Juan Gabriel Vásquez).
Narrator Jonathan Davis is a critically acclaimed and award-winning narrator and voiceover actor who has earned accolades for his narration from The New York Times, Publisher's Weekly, AudioFile Magazine, and USA Today. In 2017, he was inducted into Audible’s Narrator Hall Of Fame.
Jonathan's work as a narrator includes film and programming for National Geographic Television, NOVA, and PBS. He has narrated a variety of bestselling and award-winning titles in all genres for major publishing houses and national audio divisions. He is a four-time recipient and sixteen-time nominee of the celebrated Audie Award, presented by the APA for excellence in audiobook narration/production
Andrés Barba
Andrés Barba (Madrid, 1975) se dio a conocer en 2001 con La hermana de Katia (finalista del Premio Herralde de Novela), a la que siguieron dos libros de nouvelles titulados La recta intención y Ha dejado de llover (Premio Nord-Sud), y siete novelas más, que le confirmaron como una de las firmas más importantes de su generación: Ahora tocad música de baile, Versiones de Teresa (Premio Torrente Ballester), Las manos pequeñas, Agosto, octubre, Muerte de un caballo (Premio Juan March), En presencia de un payaso y República luminosa (Premio Herralde de Novela, Prix Frontières y finalista del Premio Gregor von Rezzori). Es también autor de los ensayos La ceremonia del porno (coescrito con Javier Montes y Premio Anagrama de Ensayo) y La risa caníbal, y de las biografías literarias Te miro para que te quedes y Vida de Guastavino y Guastavino. En el terreno poético escribió Crónica natural y Libro de las caídas. Como traductor ha publicado versiones de Melville, James, Conrad y De Quincey, entre otros muchos autores, y es coeditor y creador, junto a Alberto Pina, de la editorial de libros de artista El cañón de Garibaldi. Ha sido profesor invitado en la Universidad de Princeton y ha disfrutado de becas y residencias de la Rockefeller Foundation, la Academia de España en Roma y la New York Public Library. Su obra se ha traducido a veintidós idiomas en algunas de las editoriales más prestigiosas del mundo.
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