December 28, 2013
Dear Friends,
My novella, Alfonso,
has been released.
All good wishes for 2014
Félix
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Abstract
Alfonso is a
short novel set in Sydney between 1962 and 1971. The protagonist is a
man from the northwest of Spain who migrates to Australia to escape
poverty. When he arrives in Australia he confronts language problems,
homesickness and isolation. He works as a carpenter and eventually
buys an old house in Surry Hills, unaware of the cost and commitment
associated with old houses and feuding neighbours. When the house is
finished he meets a woman and they fall in love, but the woman leaves
for England. The story then traces his search for love and in the
process he finds a way to belong in his new country. More than a love
story, this is a novella about the migrant experience in which all
that is known is forfeited in the search for material security.