Umbilical / Cord Blood

El conmovedor relato de la gestación de un padre, por el ganador del premio Alfaguara 2009 «Encantado, hijo mío, de empezar a la vez a ser lo que seremos'.>Umbilical es un relato lírico cuyas búsquedas resuenan tanto en el plano íntimo como en el colectivo. Sus reflexiones sobre la experiencia de la paternidad sitúan a la masculinidad frente al milagro de la vida y su incesante relectura del presente, en una época de redefinición de los roles, aceptando así la invitación de la poeta Anne Waldman que encabeza estas páginas: «Que los hombres detengan su alboroto / frente a la maravilla del bebé'. Pero es también, y sobre todo, una declaración de amor. El libro más íntimo de un autor fundamental disponible en el catálogo para lectores de todo el mundo. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION The moving story of a man becoming a father, written by the winner of the 2009 Alfaguara Award. «I am delighted that we are together, my son, becoming what we will both be.' A man awaits his son's birth. Captivated, he follows the mother's pregnancy, imagining the child that will transform his house, his language, his relationship, and his family history. For a year, he annotates the memorable first steps leading the three of them into these new existential situations: being a father, a mother, a son; three different characters in a universal story, told in newly born words. Cord Blood is a lyrical tale that resonates both on intimate and collective levels. Its understanding of fatherhood faces masculinity with the miracle of life and its incessant rereading of the present. In a time that redefines traditionally attributed roles, Cord Blood accepts Anne Waldman's invitation: «Tell the man to give up tumult for the while / To wonder at the sight of baby's beauty.' But it is also, and above all, a love statement. The most intimate journal, from a fundamental author, available for readers from all over the world.