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El chico que se comió el universo, además de ser elegido libro del año en Australia, ha sido destacado en Amazon Estados Unidos como debut destacado y seleccionado como uno de los 10 mejores libros del mes de abril.
Ambientado en un empobrecido suburbio de la ciudad de Brisbane (Australia), El chico que se comió el universo es la inolvidable historia de Eli, un chico de doce años (y de su sabio y mudo hermano mayor August) que está intentando averiguar qué significa ser un buen hombre a partir de las figuras paternas que tiene: el septuagenario Slim Halliday, el prisionero huido de la justicia más famoso de Australia y babysitter de los hermanos; su padrastro de gran corazón y traficante de drogas Lyle; su padre, un alcohólico abrumado por la ansiedad; y su madre a la que reverencia. También es la historia de un chico joven que se enfrenta a un enemigo real y genuinamente terrible: Tytus Broz, un empresario local del que se rumorea reutiliza partes de los cadáveres de sus enemigos asesinados en su compañía de extremidades artificiales, y además es un capo de la heroína. Su vida es una divertida y desgarradora mezcla de lo cotidiano y lo vulgar, convertido en algo fascinante por el pragmatismo y la falta de cinismo de Eli.(…) Conmovedora, hilarante y con una imaginación sin fin, esta novela es una carta de amor a la ternura masculina ambientada entre una serie de sangrientas amputaciones y chutes provenientes del Triángulo de Oro.
"Gozoso. Sencillamente gozoso. Me abrazaba a mí mismo mientras lo leía. Mi corazón se aceleraba, crecía y llegaba a estallar; mis ojos derramaron lágrimas; el estómago me daba punzadas. El chico que se comió el universo es —y no puedo pensar en otra palabra más adecuada— mágico. Es un debut vibrante, vitalista, además de milagroso sobre la llegada de la madurez contado por un exquisito y dotado narrador… y, lo que, es más, es transformadora: después de leer el libro de Trent Dalton no volverás a ser el que eras antes".
A.J. Finn autor de La mujer en la ventana.
"Recomendada para cualquiera que aprecie reírse y llorar a la vez".
Katy Ball, Amazon.
"Un logro excepcional. Es el Cloudstreet de los bajos fondos criminales de los suburbios australianos".
Herald Sun
- LanguageSpanish
- PublisherHarperCollins Ibérica S.A.
- Publication date8 May 2019
- File size1814 KB
Product description
From the Back Cover
An utterly wonderful debut novel of love, crime, magic, fate, and a boy’s coming-of-age, set in 1980s Australia
Eli Bell’s life is complicated. His father is lost, his mother is in jail, and his stepdad is a heroin dealer. The most steadfast adult in Eli’s life is Slim—a notorious felon and national record-holder for successful prison escapes—who watches over Eli and August, Eli’s silent genius of an older brother.
Exiled far from the rest of the world in Darra, a neglected suburb of Brisbane, this twelve-year-old boy with an old soul and an adult mind is just trying to follow his heart, learn what it takes to be a good man, and train for a glamorous career in journalism. Life, however, insists on throwing obstacles in Eli’s path—most notably Tytus Broz, Queensland’s legendary drug dealer.
But the real trouble lies ahead. Eli is about to fall in love, face off against truly bad guys, and fight to save his mother from certain doom—all before starting high school.
A story of brotherhood, true love, family, and the most unlikely of friendships, Boy Swallows Universe is the tale of an adolescent boy on the cusp of discovering the man he will be. Powerful, kinetic, and infused with originality, charm, pathos, and heart to spare, Trent Dalton’s debut is sure to be one of the most exhilarating novels you will experience. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.Review
"A marvelously plot-rich novel, which...is filled with beautifully lyric prose....Exceptional."--Booklist (starred review)
"A splashy, profane, and witty debut."--USA Today
"An electric novel. . . . a lively, funny affirmation of the human instinct for survival."--The Times (London)
"At times Boy Swallows Universe will grip your attention and then break your heart. It is a story of love, crime, and hope. It is written with love and told with joy. Trent Dalton is a powerful new voice in fiction."--Washington Book Review
"A captivating and quirky life story that leads the reader on an intense and rewarding journey; highly recommended."--Library Journal (starred review)
"A wonderful surprise: sharp as a drawer full of knives in terms of subject matter; unrepentantly joyous in its child's-eye view of the world; the best literary debut in a month of Sundays."--The Weekend Australian
"An insightful coming-of-age novel."--Book Riot
"Joyous. Simply joyous. I hugged myself as I read it. My heart raced, swelled, burst; my eyes leaked tears; my stomach ached from laughter. Boy Swallows Universe is--I can't think of a word more apt--magical. This vibrant, vital, altogether miraculous coming-of-age novel marks the debut of an exquisitely gifted storyteller. . . and what's more, it's transformative: After reading Trent Dalton's book, you won't be the same as you were before."--A.J. Finn, author of The Woman in the Window
"An astonishing achievement. Dalton is a breath of fresh air--raw, honest, funny, moving, he has created a novel of the most surprising and addictive nature. Unputdownable."--David Wenham --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.
About the Author
Trent Dalton is a staff writer for the Weekend Australian Magazine and a former assistant editor of The Courier Mail. He's a two-time winner of a Walkley Award for Excellence in Journalism, a four-time winner of a Kennedy Award for Excellence in NSW Journalism and a four-time winner of the national News Awards Features Journalist of the Year. His debut novel, Boy Swallows Universe, published by HarperCollins in 2018, is a much-loved national bestseller and critically acclaimed, winning the 2019 Indie Book of the Year Award, the MUD Literary Prize, the UTS Glenda Adams Award for New Writing and the People's Choice Award at the 2019 NSW Premier's Literary Awards, and in addition, at the 2019 Australian Book Industry Awards, the book won a record four ABIA Awards including the prestigious Book of the Year Award. Boy Swallows Universe will be published across 34 English language and translation territories.
--This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.
Product details
- ASIN : B07NLJDZVJ
- Publisher : HarperCollins Ibérica S.A. (8 May 2019)
- Language : Spanish
- File size : 1814 KB
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- Word Wise : Not Enabled
- Print length : 511 pages
- Best Sellers Rank: 656,823 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- 427 in Literature & Fiction in Spanish
- 9,256 in Coming of Age Fiction (Books)
- 10,442 in eBooks in Other Languages
- Customer Reviews:
About the author

Trent Dalton was born in Ipswich on the outskirts of Brisbane, Australia, and raised by a suburban wingless angel and a tattooed bibliophile mud crab fisherman with a soft spot for drunks. He's a novelist, a two-time Walkley Award-winning journalist, a screenwriter and, coolest of all, the father of two girls. Author of By Sea and Stars: The Story of the First Fleet and Boy Swallows Universe, winner of the 2019 Indie Book Awards "Book of the Year".
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