Origin: Spain
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Canada (in Spanish)
Richard Ford
Synopsis "Canada (in Spanish)"
Dell Parsons tiene quince anos cuando sucede algo que marcara para siempre su vida: sus padres roban un banco y son detenidos. Su mundo y el de su hermana gemela Berner se desmorona en ese momento. Con los padres en la carcel, Berner decide huir de la casa familiar en Montana. A Dell, un amigo de la familia le ayudara a cruzar la frontera canadiense con la esperanza de que alli pueda reiniciar su vida en mejores condiciones. En Canada se hara cargo de el Arthur Remlinger, un americano enigmatico cuya frialdad oculta un caracter sombrio y violento. Y en ese nuevo entorno, Dell reconducira su vida y se enfrentara al mundo de los adultos. Una bellisima y profunda novela sobre la perdida de la inocencia, sobre los lazos familiares y sobre el camino que uno recorre para alcanzar la madurez. «Uno de los mejores estilistas y uno de los narradores mas humanistas de America... Es su libro mas elegiaco y profundo» (Ron Charles, The Washington Post). «Un grandisimo escritor» (M. Dirda, The New York Review of Books). «Un vasto y magnifico fresco. esta es una de las primeras grandes novelas del siglo XXI» (John Banville). «Fascinante» (Colm Toibin). / Dell Parsons is fifteen when something happens that will change his life forever: his parents rob a bank and are arrested. His world, and that of his twin sister Berner, suddenlyunravels. With his parents in jail, Berner decidesto run away from his family home inMontana.A friend of the family helps Dell to escape over the border to Canada with the hope that, there, he will be able to rebuild his life. In Canada,he is looked after by Arthur Remlinger, an enigmatic American whose cold exterior hides a dark and violent character. In this environment, Dell begins to reconstruct his life as he learns to navigate the world of the adults that surround him. A beautiful, profound novel about the loss of innocence, about family ties and about the paths that we have to cross to reach maturity.
Customers reviews
Remmy CaroTuesday, August 11, 2020
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Una hermosa obra. Una inmejorable critalización entre la perdida de la inocencia y el encuentro de la madurez.
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