Lamento Juan Gelman JP soon finds himself blamed

JP soon finds himself blamed for a murder that he (probably) didn't commit

George Orwell

“Wanting poetry to save my life

Fanning's love of philosophy is manifest in his homage to Plato

Peter Scalpello

Lamento Juan Gelman JP soon finds himself blamedLamento is a love story that questions the possibility of reconciling the magic of infatuation with everyday life. The story begins with a fire an image which permeates the novel. The narrator, a writer, meets a theatre artist; their love feels ecstatic and utopian, completely untouched by the outside world. But with the birth of a child, the weight of the everyday turns their passion destructive. The woman fights for every minute she can to write,