The Estancia by MARTÍN CULLEN

The Estancia
ISBN 978-1-9995891-0-3
RRP £20
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This is the story of a young boy growing up in the upper classes of Argentina in the 1950s.

It reveals a now vanished society and the families of the great houses of Buenos Aires and the umbilical cord of the estancias which feed them. Through the eyes of the precocious ten-year-old we explore an intense, claustrophobic world of family matriarchs and of sophisticated facades concealing a turbulent Latin criollismo.

Martín thinks he has escaped from the steamy bathroom rituals of his mother and his aunts when he is taken on a cruise to Europe by his elderly but commanding great aunt. We follow him on his inner journey of self discovery, a vividly described panorama of the old New World seen through the boy’s eyes, from which there are no real escapes, only a poignant return to the matriarchs who shape his whole life.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Martín Cullen is a journalist, a psychotherapist and writer. He is Argentine and writes in both Spanish and English. He was born in Buenos Aires and lives there and in London. His other book, which he is currently writing, is Mendigos a Caballo (Beggars on Horseback). He is married with two sons.