Leaving the Atocha Station

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Adam Gordon is a brilliant, if highly unreliable, young American poet on a prestigious fellowship in Madrid, struggling to establish his sense of self and his attitude towards art. Fuelled by strong coffee and self-prescribed tranquillizers, Adam's 'research' soon becomes a meditation on the possibility of authenticity, as he finds himself increasingly troubled by the uncrossable distance between himself and the world around him. It's not just his imperfect grasp of Spanish, but the underlying suspicion that his relationships, his reactions, and his entire personality are just as fraudulent as his poetry.

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN13: 9781803510040
Published: August 2023

Number of pages: 192
Width: 129 mm
Height: 198 mm
Depth: 10 mm

Publisher: Granta Publications Ltd