Summary
Eduardo Halfon: The Polish Boxer
*The book is underlined with a ballpoint pen.
The Polish Boxer Eduardo Halfon, published by Frakture, takes the reader on a journey through time and space, from Auschwitz to Guatemala, Belgrade and Goli Island. The story follows a Polish boxer who saved his life and made the story possible. Halfon's book, located between novel, memoir and reflection, provides a mixture of humor, fear, pain and tenderness.
Eduardo Halfon is a new important point on the map of South American literature. A moving point. A trail you mustn't lose. Sitting somewhere between the novels of Robert Bolan, W. G. Sebald and Junot Diaz, The Polish Boxer is unpredictable, unusual and invigorating.
– Daily Telegraph
This is the most striking new novel I've read in many years - perfectly struck voice, unforgettable images. What a great writer!
– Norman Lebrecht
Halfon consciously and enchantingly blurs the boundaries between novel, memoir and reflection... The strength of The Polish Boxer is that he always draws from the personal. An extremely accessible, extremely moving book.
– LA Times
Such a mixture of personal engagement and literary passion, pain and tenderness is not often encountered.
– Andrés Neuman
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