The Distance Between Us, Paperback

'This is an impressive book. In writing it the author demonstrates great talent, as well as great courage.'
 --Mario Vargas Llosa

If I succeed in understanding who he was before I was born, perhaps I will be able to understand who I am now that he is dead...

In this sprawling family saga stretching across Latin America, a son embarks on a journey to understand his complex relationship with his father and how it shaped the man he is today. Recalling Gabriel Garc a M rquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude and Isabel Allende's House of the Spirits, the renowned journalist and writer Renato Cisneros probes deep into his own family history to try to come to terms with his father, General Luis Federico 'The Gaucho' Cisneros, a leading, controversial figure in the oppressive military regime that held power in Peru during the 1970s and 1980s, a tortuous period marked by state-sanctioned terrorism and the rise of the Shining Path.

Selling over 35,000 copies in Peru alone, The Distance Between Us is at once excruciating in its honesty and deeply moving in its universal relevance. Selected for a slew of international prizes, it is now available in English for the first time.

Renato Cisneros (Lima, 1976) is a well-known Peruvian journalist, broadcaster, and the author of numerous books of poetry and two novels. The Distance Between Us has sold over 35,000 copies in Peru alone, has been lauded in the Peruvian and international press, and was shortlisted for the second Mario Vargas Llosa Biannual Award, longlisted for the Prix M dicis (2017), and was the winner of the Prix Transfuge du Meilleur Roman de Litt rature Hispanique (2017). A prequel, Dejar s la tierra is already a bestseller in Spain and Latin America and will be published by Charco Press in 2020. Renato Cisneros lives in Madrid. Fionn Petch is a Scottish translator now based in Berlin. He translates fiction, poetry and plays from Spanish and French, and also specialises in art and architecture. He has curated multidisciplinary exhibitions and worked for film and literature festivals. He holds a doctorate in philosophy from the UNAM, Mexico. Fionn was awarded a PEN Translates award for his translation of The Distance Between Us, which is his second title for Charco Press, after Fireflies by Luis Sagasti.