Translation Rights TQE / The Workshop of Time

During the celebration of a Christmas dinner, a young man witnesses the peculiarities and conflicts that his family has been living for years,  The clan, as apparently normal as any other, is able to partake in a sordid and implacable violence.  It implicates the generations of “Migueles”:  Miguel the first, Miguel the second, and Miguel the third, three generations that do not understand each other and who fall into an underground battle that could culminate in tragedy.  The family members, and those close to them, narrate “their truth” and construct the mosaic of love, hate, failure, resignation and rebelliousness, which may manage to explain why a cloud of tragedy casts shadow over the family.  A tragedy that may be avoided only if that mysterious workshop of time permits it.

Álvaro Uribe was born in Mexico City in 1953.  In 1977 he received a degree in Philosophy from the UNAM. He was a cultural attaché in Nicaragua and a cultural adviser of his country in France.  During his time in Paris, he edited the bilingual magazine Altaforte.  He then coordinated several collections in the National Council for Culture and Arts, and in 1999, he became part of the National  System of Creators of Art.  He is the author of eight works, including novels, short stories and essays.  His work has received much praise from readers and critics alike.  Part of it has already been translated into French, English, and German.  El taller del tiempo (The Workshop of Time), published by Tusquets Editores Mexico in 2003, received the I Prize for Narrative Antonin Artaud 2004.