Overview
En Cuitla, un pueblo en lo alto del monte donde la pobreza y el chisme están rodeados de coyotes, Lupe carga con una gran culpa. Lo que empezó como un “remedio” clandestino para ayudar a su amiga Margarita —la hija de los adinerados patrones de Los Amates— termina en tragedia: una muerte, un bebé sin nombre y un silencio que la ata para siempre a esa familia.
Mientras el cuerpo de la niña desaparece y sus padres la buscan entre noticieros y rezos, Lupe debe seguir poniendo la mesa, lavando la ropa, respondiendo preguntas de policías y de todos los que viven en esa casa… como si no supiera nada. A su alrededor, la violencia se cuela por todos los resquicios: en la curandera que huye, en los enfermos que suben y se quedan en el gallinero, en el novio que la chantajea, en la patrona que se derrumba y la obliga a que la realidad se transforme poco a poco.
Agua turbia narra la historia de una muchacha que arrastra dos muertos y una lealtad que no sabe a quién pertenece. Una novela sobre clase, deseo y miedo, donde el agua nunca limpia del todo y los linderos de la verdad se van barriendo con el viento.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
“Sometimes I think the stones didn’t just creak for the sake of creaking. And that the howling of the coyotes, the night before Pascuala took the baby from little Margarita, was an omen.”
In Cuitla, a town where poverty and hunger weigh heavier than the dust, Lupe carries a secret. What began as a clandestine remedy to help Margarita—the daughter of the owners of Los Amates—ends in tragedy.
While little Margarita’s body goes missing and her wealthy family searches for her through news reports and prayers, Lupe must keep setting the table, doing the laundry, answering police questions, and withstanding probing stares… as if she knew nothing. Slowly, the pain of her absence begins to blur the lines, and the story takes a dramatic turn.
With her incisive style, Marcela G. Robles Gil presents us with a novel that dissects the rules of the game, only to rearrange them later. Agua turbia is a novel about class, desire, and fear, where water never quite cleanses and reflections end up being more real.
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