Fate

Synopsis

In Buenos Aires, the lives of four people become quietly intertwined as each struggles to reshape the course of their own life. Karl, a German-born oboist, and his wife Marina, a meteorologist, find their decade-long marriage beginning to unravel after Marina's chance encounter with a fellow researcher. Elsewhere, Amer, a successful taxidermist, unexpectedly falls for the younger Clara after meeting her in a smoking cessation support group, setting in motion a relationship that is as uncertain as it is transformative.

With psychological precision and understated wit, Jorge Consiglio explores the intimate moments through which ordinary lives are altered. Fate is a subtle, deeply human novel about desire, love, disappointment, and the difficult choices required to live authentically, revealing how even the smallest decisions can reshape the course of a life.

About the Author

Jorge Consiglio is one of Argentina's leading contemporary writers. Known for his finely observed prose and psychological insight, his fiction examines the quiet dramas of everyday life with compassion, intelligence, and understated humour. Fate is translated from the Spanish by Carolina Orloff and Nick Caistor.

Publisher
Charco Press

Publication Date
October 28, 2025

Format
Paperback

Pages
200

Subjects
Literary Fiction · Translated Fiction · Argentine Literature · Contemporary Fiction

ISBN
9781999368463