Overview
La ausencia es una novela que explora cómo los secretos pueden dejar una huella imborrable. Un relato inquietante sobre la escritura y la memoria, la identidad y las verdades que elegimos recordar… o enterrar.
En 1941, tres figuras icónicas de la literatura estadounidense coincidieron en una apartada casa victoriana que funcionaba como residencia artística: Carson McCullers, Katherine Anne Porter y Eudora Welty. Un día, mientras nadaban en el lago de esta propiedad, se vieron envueltas en la misteriosa desaparición de una joven autora llamada Beth. Desde entonces, ninguna pudo dejar de pensar en su ausencia y, de muchas formas, ese enigma marcó sus vidas para siempre. En el presente, Lavinia Melín, una escritora que se ha quedado sin ideas, se sumerge en esta historia en busca de inspiración, sin vislumbrar que se adentra también en un universo indefinible, donde los límites entre la realidad y la ficción se difuminan hasta el punto de hacerla dudar quién es.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
La ausencia (The Absence) is a novel that explores how secrets can leave an indelible mark. A haunting tale about writing and memory, identity, and the truths we choose to remember… or bury.
In 1941, three iconic figures of American literature came together in a secluded Victorian house that served as an artist residency: Carson McCullers, Katherine Anne Porter, and Eudora Welty. One day, while swimming in the lake on the property, they became entangled in the mysterious disappearance of a young author named Beth. Since then, none of them could stop thinking about her absence, and in many ways, that enigma shaped their lives forever. In the present, Lavinia Melín, a writer who has run out of ideas, dives into this story in search of inspiration, unaware that she is also entering an indefinable universe, where the boundaries between reality and fiction blur to the point of making her question who she really is.
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