human relationships in the face of calamity" according to the Washington Independent Review of Books, was longlisted for the Premio Gregor von Rezzori in Italy, shortlisted for the Premio Dulce Chacón and the Premio San Clemente in Spain, and selected by El Mundo as one of the 5 best novels of the year in the Spanish language as well as one of the books of the year through a poll among critics, journalists and booksellers by El País. It has been recently published in English by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in the US and Granta in the UK. In one of the essays of his book Entre paréntesis (Between Parentheses), the Chilean writer Roberto Bolaño stated about Neuman: "He has a gift. No good reader will fail to perceive in these pages something that can only be found in great literature, that which is written by true poets. The literature of the twenty-first century will belong to Neuman and to a handful of his blood brothers". Awards and honours 1998 Antonio Carvajal Young Poetry Prize for his first collection of poems, Métodos de la noche. 1999 Federico García Lorca Poetry Prize for Alfileres de luz. 1999 First Finalist in the Herralde Prize for his first novel, Bariloche, which was selected as one of the best ten novels of the year by El Cultural, the literary supplement of the national newspaper El Mundo. 2002 Hiperión Prize for his poetry collection, El tobogán (2002). 2003 First Finalist in the Herralde Prize for his third novel, Una vez Argentina. 2009 Alfaguara Prize for his fourth novel, El viajero del siglo (Traveller of the Century, 2009). This book was selected as one of the five best novels of the year published in Spanish language, in two different votes: one called by the national newspaper El País among 50 critics and journalists and another one called by the national newspaper El Mundo . 2009 National Critics Prize: Premio de la Crítica Española for El viajero del siglo (Traveler of the Century). 2013 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize shortlist for Traveller of the Century (Nick Caistor & Lorenza Garcia; Spanish; Pushkin Press). 2013 Special Commendation from the Jury of the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize for Traveller of the Century. 2013 Best Translated Book Award longlist for Traveler of the Century. 2014 International Dublin Literary Award shortlist for Traveller of the Century (Nick Caistor & Lorenza Garcia; Spanish;