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Carlos Manuel Vesga
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"Se cuenta y se vuelve a contar, con estas mismas palabras que he estado usando,la fábula real de la madre que un día bisiesto fue de verdugo en verdugo pidiendo a los gritos que los mataran a ella y a sus dos hijos porque les habían dejado la familia sin padre."
A las afueras de Belén del Chamí, un pueblo que aún no consigue aparecer en el mapa de Colombia, el mudo Salomón Palacios es asesinado a unos pasos de su casa. Después de los primeros días de duelo, su viuda, la corajuda y deslenguada Hipólita, vuelve de la oscuridad del tormento para perder de una vez por todas la cordura y salir a buscar su propio fin. Pero en medio de aquel viaje desesperado y en el enfrentamiento con un bestiario de personajes llenos de humor y de vida en el contexto de la muerte se topará con una tardía e inesperada vocación por seguir viva.
Río Muerto es una de las novelas más personales de su autor, pues en ella retrata de manera vertiginosa, conmovedora y descarnada - y además de primera mano la pérdida del padre, el duelo y la desintegración de los lazos familiares a causa de la violencia. Y confirma una intuición que ha rondado toda su obra: la de cómo lo invisible - la imaginación, la memoria, la esperanza, la ficción, la conexión con el más allá, el destino - puede resolvernos los peores dramas.
Please note: This audiobook is in Spanish.
©2020 Ricardo Silva Romero (P)2020 Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial, S.AListeners also enjoyed...
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- Amazon Customer
- 12-27-20
Excepcional
Descubrí a Ricardo Silva con un texto bello e impactante a la vez y de una calidad excepcional. Descubrí a Carlos Manuel Vesga con una narración magistral. Muy, muy, muy recomendable.
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- Rudy el lector
- 04-12-21
Llevo 40 años leyendo...
... y sin la menor duda, este es el libro más extraordinario que leído. Realismo pero no realismo mágico. Realismo doloroso. Realismo lleno de lágrimas. Pero al mismo tiempo, es un libro que te levanta el ánimo, que te da fuerzas para seguir adelante, que te obliga a tomar acción para que esas maldades no sigan pasando. Colombia necesita un cambio. Mi patria necesita la paz. Gracias, Ricardo por contarnos esta historia. Y gracias Carlos Manuel por una lectura magnífica.
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- Edmundo Quevedo
- 05-04-22
Los Ríos cómplices
La lectura de Carlos Manuel Vesga es increíble, es la voz perfecta para esta tremenda historia.
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