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Una novela que retrata los miedos de la infancia y la marca indeleble que deja la orfandad, por una de «las narradoras mexicanas más sobresalientes de los últimos años» (El Gatopardo). Óscar, María y Román se conocen en un internado que será para ellos campo de juegos, pero también un puente hacia la noche oscura del alma: ninguno de los tres puede evadir el dolor y todos comparten fantasías grandilocuentes. Juntos atravesarán la soledad y la orfandad, y se enfrentarán a la necesidad de tomar decisiones que les marcarán durante el resto de sus vidas. Después el destino los separará durante veinte largos años. Para cuando se reencuentran, los tres son ya otras personas, tres adultos comunes con problemas comunes... pero en su presente y en su pasado hay nudos por desatar: la homosexualidad, la venganza, la culpa matricida, el amor soterrado. Juntos de nuevo buscarán respuestas tanto en sus circunstancias actuales como en los niños que fueron. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION A novel that depicts childhood fears and the indelible mark that orphanhood leaves, by one of “the most outstanding Mexican narrators in recent years.” (El Gatopardo) Óscar, María, and Román meet at a boarding school that for them is a playing field but also a bridge to the dark night of the soul: none of the three can avoid pain, and all three share grandiloquent fantasies. Together they take on loneliness and orphanhood, and the need to make decisions that will affect the rest of their lives. Afterward, destiny separates them for twenty long years. When they reunite, the three are all different people: three regular adults with regular problems… but in their present and past there are knots to be untied: homosexuality, vengeance, matricidal guilt, unrequited love. Together again, they search for answers, both in their current circumstances and in the children they were.

About the Author :
Alma Delia Murillo de la Cruz (Ciudad de México, 1979) ha publicado la novela Las noches habitadas (2015) y el libro de cuentos Damas de caza (2010). Autora de la columna sabatina «Posmodernos y Jodidos» en SinEmbargoMx. Amante irracional de la Ciudad de México, las palabras y el sentido del humor. Aunque estudió Literatura Dramática y Teatro en la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras (UNAM), es una Godínez rehabilitada luego de veinte años de trabajar en el inenarrable infierno de los corporativos.

Review :
Críticas: «Desde que comenzó su lucha pública con las palabras descubrí en Alma Delia Murillo la fuerza de una memoria reflexiva llena de ironía. Una daga que corta sin piedad crédulas solemnidades y sabe reírse del mundo y de sí misma.».- Alberto Ruy Sánchez «Alma Delia Murillo ironiza y juega con inteligencia. Leerla es dar siempre con una compañía que alegra.».- Ángeles Mastretta «En la literatura mexicana hay voces desenfadadas, lúcidas, divertidas, subversivas, que cuidan el idioma, que iluminan; para mí la voz de Alma Delia es la trenza de todas esas voces.».- Óscar de la Borbolla «Con Las noches habitadas, Alma Delia Murillo se reveló como una escritora hecha y derecha.».- Mónica Maristain, SinEmbargo «El don de la palabra. Alma Delia Murillo sabe que seduce, su prosa mueve fibras emotivas que desplazan las pretensiones intelectuales.».- Yohan Uribe, El Siglo de Torreón «Una de las narradoras y ensayistas mexicanas más sobresalientes de los últimos años.».- Iker Olivares, El Gatopardo «Esta es una clave de la prosa de Alma Delia Murillo, la exactitud emocional. Todo es pertinente en su forma de describir los actos y emociones que rodean a sus personajes, no hay maquillaje de más en el trabajo de la autora. [...] "¿Quién escuchará mi llanto en medio de este coro de ángeles?". Ligero, fluido y no por eso menos potente, El niño que fuimos de Alma Delia Murillo -ahora mismo en ese núcleo del dolor que son las mesas de novedades- se lanza sin miedos a responder esta amarga pregunta.- Gabriel Rodríguez Liceaga, La Tempestad


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9788420438122
  • Publisher: Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
  • Publisher Imprint: Alfaguara
  • Height: 240 mm
  • No of Pages: 304
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 20 mm
  • Width: 151 mm
  • ISBN-10: 842043812X
  • Publisher Date: 19 Nov 2019
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: Spanish
  • Returnable: Y
  • Series Title: MAPA DE LAS LENGUAS
  • Weight: 476 gr


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