Volver al oscuro valle / Return to the Dark Valley
, by Gamboa, Santiago
- ISBN: 9789588979267 | 9588979269
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 6/27/2017
Manuela Beltrán, una mujer perseguida por una infancia desgraciada, de la que intenta escapar mediante la poesía y los libros; Tertuliano, un predicador argentino que asegura ser hijo del papa y que, para crear una sociedad armoniosa, está dispuesto a emplear los métodos más extremos; Ferdinand Palacios, un sacerdote colombiano con un oscuro pasado paramilitar que hace examen de sus culpas; Rimbaud, el poeta precoz y genial cuya vida no fue más que una indagación incesante, y Juana y el cónsul, que se rastrean y se necesitan, unidos por un sentimiento aún no definido, protagonizan esta novela rica y polifónica, retrato de un mundo hostil y en convulsión, en el que el único reposo posible parece ser la búsqueda, el viaje, la ida y el regreso, la exploración sin tregua.
«El talento de Gamboa para cultivar la intriga y la extravagante energía de sus historias hacen que su lectura sea compulsiva».Times Literary Supplement«La escritura de Gamboa recuerda a Roberto Bolaño en su magistral manejo de la intriga, la complejidad de sus referencias literarias y su descarnada visión de la violencia, el sexo y las drogas».Publishers Weekly
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
Manuela Beltrán, a woman haunted by a miserable childhood who tries to escape it through poetry and books; Tertuliano, an Argentinean preacher who claims to be the Pope’s son and who is prepared to go to extreme measures to create a harmonious society; Ferdinand Palacios, a Colombian priest with a dark paramilitary past; Rimbaud, the precocious, brilliant poet whose life was no more than a constant investigation; and Juana and the consul, who follow each other and need each other, united by a still-undefined emotion, star in this rich, polyphonic novel, a portrait of a hostile world in upheaval, in which the only possible respite seems to be searching, traveling, coming and going, incessant exploration.
"Gamboa’s talent for cultivating intrigue and the extravagant energy of his stories make reading his work compulsive." –Times Literary Supplement "Gamboa’s writing is reminiscent of Roberto Bolaño in its masterful control of intrigue, the complexity of its literary references, and its stark vision of violence, sex, and drugs." –Publishers Weekly
«El talento de Gamboa para cultivar la intriga y la extravagante energía de sus historias hacen que su lectura sea compulsiva».Times Literary Supplement«La escritura de Gamboa recuerda a Roberto Bolaño en su magistral manejo de la intriga, la complejidad de sus referencias literarias y su descarnada visión de la violencia, el sexo y las drogas».Publishers Weekly
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
Manuela Beltrán, a woman haunted by a miserable childhood who tries to escape it through poetry and books; Tertuliano, an Argentinean preacher who claims to be the Pope’s son and who is prepared to go to extreme measures to create a harmonious society; Ferdinand Palacios, a Colombian priest with a dark paramilitary past; Rimbaud, the precocious, brilliant poet whose life was no more than a constant investigation; and Juana and the consul, who follow each other and need each other, united by a still-undefined emotion, star in this rich, polyphonic novel, a portrait of a hostile world in upheaval, in which the only possible respite seems to be searching, traveling, coming and going, incessant exploration.
"Gamboa’s talent for cultivating intrigue and the extravagant energy of his stories make reading his work compulsive." –Times Literary Supplement "Gamboa’s writing is reminiscent of Roberto Bolaño in its masterful control of intrigue, the complexity of its literary references, and its stark vision of violence, sex, and drugs." –Publishers Weekly
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