Translation Rights TQE / The Frailty of Bodies

A train conductor who commits suicide leaves a note asking forgiveness for his responsibility in the death of four people. The ambiguous references to a boy among the victims come to the attention of Veronica Rosenthal, the relentless editor of the magazine Nuestro Tiempo. A natural born journalist and a chain smoker with a weak spot for alcoholic beverages and married men, Veronica will not hault the investigation for any reason whatsoever, and by no means, not for the criminals and corrupt politicians whom she will have to step up to. But Veronica will discover much more than a sinister plot: she will come face to face with the darkest part of her desires with Lucio, a train engine driver willing to follow her into a labyrinth of sadomasochist games with unpredictable consequences. A police plot with a fast-paced rhythm, a frenzied love story, and a universe of unforgettable characters where bodies – loved, lost, murdered – occupy a predominant place.

Sergio Olguín was born in Buenos Aires in 1967 and studied Arts in the city’s university. He has been working as a journalist since 1984. He founded and directed for several years the cultural magazine V de Vian. He was the co-founder and first director of the cinema magazine El Amante. His articles have been published in newspapers such as Página/12, La Nación, and El País of Montevideo, and he is currently editor of the magazine Lamujerdemivida. He has been the editor of the anthologies Los mejores cuentos argentinos (The Best Argentinean Short Sories, 1999), La selección argentina (The Argentinean Team, 2000), Cross a la mandíbula (Cross to the Jaw, 2000), Perón vuelve. Cuentos sobre el peronismo (Perón Returns. Short Stories about Peronism, 2000), and Escritos con sangre. Cuentos argentinos sobre casos policiales (Written in Blood. Argentinean Short Stories about Police Cases, 2003). In 1998 he published the book of short stories, Las griegas (Greek Women – Vian Ediciones) and in 2002 his first novel, Lanús. Since then, he has published the novel Filo (2003), and the juvenile novels El equipo de los sueños (The Dream Team, 2004), which has been translated into German, French and Italian, and Springfield (2007). Since 2006 he directs the collection of chronicles Andanzas Crónicas in Tusquets Editores Argentina.