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La luz dificil / A Painful Clarity
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Alfaguara
Publication date November 30, 2012
Pages 132
Binding Paperback
Book category Adult Fiction
ISBN-13 9786071119797
ISBN-10 6071119790
Dimensions 0.50 by 6 by 9.25 in.
Weight 0.40 lbs.
Availability§ Publisher Out of Stock
Original list price $14.99
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Amazon.com description: Product Description: Tomás González tiene el potencial para convertirse en un clásico de la literatura latinoamericana. Leyéndolo tuve la sensación de que es un escritor de mucha pureza.» ELFRIEDE JELINEK, Premio Nobel de Literatura 2004 Jacobo ha decidido morir. Un accidente de tráfico lo ha dejado parapléjico y con dolores tan fuertes que le hacen la vida insoportable. David, su padre, se enfrenta a la más dura de todas las pruebas: ser testigo del proceso. Mientras Jacobo viaja a un lugar de Estados Unidos donde su muerte sea posible, David soporta en Nueva York las horas aferrándose a la esperanza de una inevitable pregunta:¿se arrepentirá su hijo en el último minuto? Casi veinte años después -con la visión desgastada y el espíritu atento- David reconstruye su vida en Nueva York ENGLISH DESCRIPTION "Tomás González has the potential to become a classic in Latin American literature." —Elfriede Jelinek, 2004 Nobel Laureate Jacobo has decided to die. A traffic accident has left him paralyzed and in unbearable pain. David, his father, faces the toughest test of all: bear witness to his son's process. As Jacobo travels to a place in the United States where his death is possible, David is back in New York holding on to a last shred of hope:¿will his son change his mind at the last minute. Almost twenty years later, his sight worn out, his spirit watchful, David reconstructs his life in New York.

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