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ALL THAT DIES IN APRIL IBD

WORLD EDITIONS
9781642861570
Inglés

Sinopsis

Set in a stark landscape of cliffs and precipices high above the Argentine pampas, Mariana TravacioâÇÖs All That Dies in April follows the members of one small family as each makes a solitary journey out of their treacherous mountain home in search of a better life.Hypnotic, almost ancestral voices echo througháthis novelálike whispers in the wilderness, like orphan cries and wounds of light accompanying us on a powerful journey from which none of us will emerge unscathed.á-Agustina Bazterrica,ábestselling author ofáTender is the FleshLina has dreamt for years of leaving her tiny village in the drought-stricken region. Her son left long ago to find work and a better fortune. Relicario, her husband, is content to stay put in the land of his ancestors, tending to their graves. Ignoring Relicario’,s pleas, a desperate Lina decides to abandon their home in search of her son, work, and water. She starts her journey on foot, and Relicario eventually follows behind, bringing a donkey and a sack with his ancestors’, bones. Both witness unspeakable violence, cruelty, and folly, but the hope of reuniting their family keeps them alive.

PVP
16,29