Overview
Cuatro niños se enfrentan al asesinato violento de su padre en el México de los años setenta. El duelo no termina nunca porque de ese homicidio no se habla, de hacerlo se desmoronaría todo un núcleo de protección familiar.Narrada a cuatro voces, escuchamos primero la voz de una narradora que, a veces niña y en ocasiones adulta, se propone rescatar esa historia ayudada de fotografías, un USB con una bitácora oral de su prima con los recuerdos de su padre y ciertos elementos de la investigación policiaca a pesar del temor de poner sobre la mesa un hecho familiar siempre silenciado. Por otro lado, una mujer de mediana edad recibe un diagnóstico de cáncer con metástasis y se enfrenta al tratamiento que, en ocasiones, la lleva a ver durante las sesiones de quimioterapia al padre asesinado hace más de cuarenta años. Con otra mirada, un detective llega al lugar de los hechos el día del asesinato para empezar la investigación. En su archivo encontramos el reporte policial, la autopsia, notas periodísticas diversas, sus apuntes, una carta dirigida a la viuda, así como entrevistas y reflexiones personales sobre el caso.Entre los hechos cometidos por la guerrilla de la Liga del 23 de Septiembre y la ausencia de una narrativa que explique esa muerte del padre, la novela se teje con elementos históricos y la necesidad, acuciante, de nombrar. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Four children face the violent murder of their father in the 1970s Mexico. Mourning never ends because the murder is never discussed; to do so would destroy their entire protective family unit. Narrated by four voices, we first hear the voice of a narrator who, sometimes a child and sometimes an adult, sets out to rescue this story from oblivion with the help of photographs, a USB stick containing her cousin's oral log of her father's memories, and certain elements of the police investigation, despite her fear of bringing up a family matter that has always been kept quiet. On the other hand, a middle-aged woman receives a diagnosis of metastatic cancer and faces treatment that sometimes leads her to see her father, who was murdered more than forty years ago, during chemotherapy sessions. From another perspective, a detective arrives at the crime scene on the day of the murder to begin the investigation. In his file, we find the police report, the autopsy, various newspaper articles, his notes, a letter addressed to the widow, as well as interviews and personal reflections on the case. Between the acts committed by the September 23 League guerrilla group and the absence of a narrative explaining the father's death, the novel is woven with historical elements and the pressing need to name what happened.
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