El conmovedor relato de la gestaci?n de un padre, por el ganador del premio Alfaguara 2009 «Encantado, hijo m?o, de empezar a la vez a ser lo que seremos .
Un hombre aguarda el nacimiento de su hijo. Asiste fascinado a la gestaci?n junto a la madre, imagina a ese ser que vendr? a revolucionar su casa, su lenguaje, su pareja y su propia historia familiar. A lo largo de un a?o memorable, el hombre narra los primeros compases de una existencia nueva: la suya como padre junto a la madre y el hijo, tres personajes de una historia universal que encuentra palabras reci?n nacidas. Umbilical es un relato l?rico cuyas b?squedas resuenan tanto en el plano ?ntimo como en el colectivo. Sus reflexiones sobre la experiencia de la paternidad sit?an a la masculinidad frente al milagro de la vida y su incesante relectura del presente, en una ?poca de redefinici?n de los roles, aceptando as? la invitaci?n de la poeta Anne Waldman que encabeza estas p?ginas: «Que los hombres detengan su alboroto / frente a la maravilla del beb? . Pero es tambi?n, y sobre todo, una declaraci?n de amor. El libro m?s ?ntimo de un autor fundamental disponible en el cat?logo 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.
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