Publisher's Synopsis
Una historia de amor contemporánea, por la ganadora de los premios Pulitzer, National Book Critics Circle y PEN/Faulkner
Es inevitable preguntarse qué le pasa por la cabeza a un hombre como Micah Mortimer. Vive solo, es reservado; su rutina está grabada en piedra. Todas las mañanas a las siete y cuarto se le ve salir a correr. Alrededor de las diezo las diez y media pega el cartel magnético de tecnoermitaño en eltecho de su Kia.
Pero esta vida plácida vuela por los aires cuando Cassia, su pareja -Micah se niega a llamar &«novia» a alguien de treinta y muchos-, le anuncia que van a echarla de su casa y un adolescente llama a su puerta alegando ser su hijo.
La nueva novela de Anne Tyler ofrece una mirada ìntima al corazón y la mente de un hombre que se ve obligado a ver el mundo con nuevos ojos.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER
LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE
"Tyler's novels are always worth scooping up-but especially this gently amusing soother, right now." -NPR
From the beloved Anne Tyler, a sparkling new novel about misperception, second chances, and the sometimes elusive power of human connection.
Micah Mortimer is a creature of habit. A self-employed tech expert, superintendent of his Baltimore apartment building, cautious to a fault behind the steering wheel, he seems content leading a steady, circumscribed life.
But one day his routines are blown apart when his woman friend (he refuses to call anyone in her late thirties a "girlfriend") tells him she's facing eviction, and a teenager shows up at Micah's door claiming to be his son. These surprises, and the ways they throw Micah's meticulously organized life off-kilter, risk changing him forever.
An intimate look into the heart and mind of a man who finds those around him just out of reach, and a funny, joyful, deeply compassionate story about seeing the world through new eyes, Redhead by the Side of the Road is a triumph, filled with Anne Tyler's signature wit and gimlet-eyed observation.
