The Translators: A Novel

by Fedorchek, Robert

• ISBN13: 9781450249430
• ISBN10: 1450249434
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-09-16
• Publisher: Textstream

Summary

Pilar Orsini Oquendo has just lost the love of her life. Her fiancé, Gonzalo, has been wrenched from her grasp by his untimely passing. Left alone to grieve, she finds herself at their favorite place, On a secluded beach in Spain. it is here where Gonzalo's childhood friend finds Pilar and, In a fit of lust, rapes her.Distraught and betrayed, Pilar soon finds the rape has produced a pregnancy. Despite the difficulty, Pilar decides to keep the baby. She struggles to wade through her emotional turmoil and continue her ambitious career as atranslator of American literature. While speaking at Columbia University, Pilar meets Gus Brubaker.Gus is a Spanish literature translator, and he is immediately taken in by Pilar's intellect and stunning beauty. Pilar is conflicted and still dealing with the aftermath of her rape as her attacker continues his harassment. She is alsopregnant. How will she explain this to Gus, who, she believes, will surely leave her when she reveals her pregnancy?The Translatorstells a story of troubledromance set in the world of linguistics and literature. As Pilar and Gus travel the world together, they also must travel beyond pains of the past. In the conquering of violence, there is a possibility of healing and perhaps, apossibility of endless love.