My Father''s Diet

"The void at the heart of an economically insecure family is laid bare when an analytical son agrees to help his oblivious father compete in a bodybuilding competition. Instantly relatable, impeccably realized, and grimly hilarious ... [this is] an autopsy of antiquated notions of manhood, and the perfect, bite-sized novel for a world always keen to mistake narcissism for introspection"--

About the author

Adrian Nathan West grew up in the United States and lives in Spain. He has translated more than twenty books from Spanish, Catalan, and German, among them Rainald Goetz’s Insane, Pere Gimferrer’s Fortuny, and Marianne Fritz’s The Weight of Things. His first book, The Aesthetics of Degradation, was published in English in 2016 and is forthcoming in German and Dutch. His essays and criticism have appeared in The London Review of Books, The Times Literary Supplement, and many other journals in print and online.

Summary

Turn that ugly flab into rock-hard abs with this one sardonic debut novel! (Doctors hate this.)

Product details

• Authors: Adrian Nathan West, Adrian Nathan West, West Adrian Nathan
• Publisher: And Other Stories
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9781913505226
• ISBN: 978-1-913505-22-6
• No. of pages: 176
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Literary, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary