Overview
Los sentimientos de odio y rencor de doƱa Lena, esposa de don Erasmo Mira Brossa, abogado y presidente del Partido Nacional hondureƱo, y madre de una Ćŗnica hija, Teti, son tan poderosos como el fuego: si se alimenta acaba consumiĆ©ndolo todo hasta el desmoronamiento. Pero el fuerte temperamento de doƱa Lena no podrĆ” impedir que Teti se case con Clemente, un salvadoreƱo divorciado, veinte aƱos mayor que ella y con el estigma de comunista. Los lazos rotos de la familia Mira Brossa ya son irreparables, y Teti, Clemente y el hijo de ambos, Eri, se ven forzados a irse de Honduras para instalarse en El Salvador.
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Corre el aƱo 1969 y la guerra entre Honduras y El Salvador amenaza con dinamitar los frĆ”giles cimientos de la relaciĆ³n de doƱa Lena con su hija, quien, a pesar de las amenazas de su contrariada y atormentada madre, se niega a regresar a su paĆs, ni siquiera tras la trĆ”gica y misteriosa muerte de su marido.
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El carĆ”cter volcĆ”nico de la matriarca es el denominador comĆŗn de la historia de esta familia hondureƱa, narrada con el habitual despliegue de estilo marca del autor, y en un tono afilado, Ć”cido, que sumerge al lector en la corriente de sentimientos encontrados en la que se debaten los protagonistas de esta novela.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
āCastellanos Moya is a star figure in the progressing second boom in Latin American literature.ā āNorman Rush, The New York Review of Books
The hate and grudge of DoƱa Lena, mother of Teti, an only child, and wife of Don Erasmo Mira Brossa, lawyer and head of the Honduran National Party, are as powerful as fire itself: if fed, it ends up consuming everything until it comes crumbling down. But DoƱa Lenaās hot temper will not keep Teti from marrying Clemente, a divorced Salvadorian, twenty years her senior, and with the stigma of communism. The broken bonds of the Mira Brossa family are irreparable, and Teti, Clemente, and their son, Eri, will be forced to leave Honduras to settle in El Salvador.
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It is the year 1969, and the war between Honduras and El Salvador threatens to shatter the fragile foundations of DoƱa Lenaās relationship with her daughter, whom, despite the threats of her disgruntled and tormented mother, refuses to return to her native country, not even after the tragic, mysterious death of her husband.
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The volcanic nature of the matriarch is the common denominator in the story of this Honduran family, narrated with the authorās trademark style and a sharp, acrid tone that plunges the reader into a flow of mixed feelings where the protagonists struggle.
This book title, Desmoronamiento / Crumbling, ISBN: 9788439739319, by Horacio Castellanos Moya, published by PRH Grupo Editorial (January 23, 2024) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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