A Foreign Country is the Past
Fernando Sdrigotti

‘Unsparing, funny and compelling. These stories will surprise and startle.’
— Wendy Erskine, on Jolts

‘His narrators often want to hide behind their fictions but end up “naked” on the page.’
– TLS

At a secluded weekend home, a girl becomes entranced by the sound of the cicadas, as she grapples with the stifling summer heat, and her mother’s recent death.

Overwhelmed by a sense of foreboding, a young man seeks solace in a privatised cathedral, comically navigating religious bureaucracy, economic crisis, and existential angst.

A journey to scatter his grandparents’ ashes turns into a tragicomedy, as an unnamed man explores the changes in the city he left behind.

A Foreign Country is the Past is the sensorial new collection from the acclaimed author of Jolts. Centering on identity and memory, viewed through a distinctive Argentine lens, these fifteen tales are a profound exploration of the spaces between places and the echoes of time.

About the Author

Fernando Sdrigotti is an Argentine writer and cultural critic. He is the author of several books and pamphlets, including Shitstorm (Open Pen, 2018), Grey Tropic (Dostoyevsky Wannabe, 2019), Jolts (Influx Press, 2020), and We Are But Nothing (Rough Trade Books, 2023). He lives in London.

Paperback ISBN: 9781914391569

Ebook ISBN: 9781914391576

Publication date: 5 June 2025

Formats: Paperback / eBook