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Un muchacho le escribe una larga carta a su madre para intentar comprender su relación con ella, su vida como migrantes, el doloroso pasado de su madre y abuela, cómo los traumas causaron un ciclo de violencia que terminó afectándolo también a él, y, a pesar de todo, el amor incondicional que sienten el uno por el otro, y que quizás sea el camino para entender su propia vida y su lugar en el mundo.
Una novela emotiva, escrita con un lenguaje poético que expresa con sinceridad las penas, las felic ...more
Una novela emotiva, escrita con un lenguaje poético que expresa con sinceridad las penas, las felic ...more
This book was a hard one for me to read. It is a letter to the author's mother, not written in a lineal timeframe, rather jumping from one memory to the next. I started to read it as an audiobook (I wouldn't recommend it, it is even more confusing to read), better to read the print. I would say this book could be valuable and resonate with certain people, it just didn't with me. It was an exercise in sympathy.
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Mar 11, 2025
Pablo Torres
marked it as to-read
Jan 08, 2024
Narda Salcedo
marked it as to-read
