Caminando bajo el mar, colgando del amplio cielo
Patricio Pron

CHILDREN’S | 2017 | 120 pages

When Nahuel, a deer from the Argentinian Pampas, finds himself cornered on his land with nowhere to go due to a drought caused by humans, he decides to start a journey that will lead him to cross the largest sea that ever existed, go down to its terrible depths and reach up to the skies. He does it by bringing with him the two most important things in this world: hope and a handful of friends. Among them, a barking pig, an owl that speaks in riddles, a very wise mole, a faithful, adorable porcupine and vengeful fireflies. Along their journey they will encounter adventures and a country which they can call home at last.

A moving story that explains to children why people leave their homes in search of a better future.

RIGHTS: spanish SIRUELA

“Patricio Pron explains to children the reasons why a person may leave their home to search for a better a future elsewhere. He does it without being paternalistic, establishing a path that goes from those who once came before us to those who will come after us.”
— Que de Libros
“Full of irony, Walking Underwater, Hanging from the Vast Sky is a novel that, like all good literature, shatters labels and attracts readers of ages as disparate as they are compatible in their reading tastes.”
— Anna María Iglesia, Librújula
“An emotional story in which we’ll empathize with the narrator’s intelligent humor and learn how differences can add up. Pron leaves us with a bittersweet smile.”
— Cecilia Frías, El Cultural
“A fable about immigration as opportunity, for those who arrive and those who welcome them.”
— Cultura/s, La Vanguardia
“After years away from the genre, Patricio Pron returns to children’s literature with a fable free of paternalistic attitudes that appeals to Europe’s responsibility towards the people who have to leave their countries in order to survive.”
— Jorge Megías, Cuatro Ojos Magacín