{"product_id":"el-rey-siempre-esta-por-encima-del-pueblo-the-is-always-above-the-people-stories","title":"El rey siempre está por encima del pueblo \/ The Is Always Above The people: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNominado para el National Book Award de ficci\u0026amp;oacute;n en el 2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLas historias de unos personajes que intentan luchar contra el poder en cualquiera de sus formas y que confirman a Daniel Alarc\u0026amp;oacute;n como uno de los m\u0026amp;aacute;s destacados narradores contempor\u0026amp;aacute;neos.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEl rey siempre est\u0026amp;aacute; por encima del pueblo\u003c\/i\u003e recoge las historias de una serie de personajes cuyas vidas carecen de hero\u0026amp;iacute;smo. Y sin embargo, en todas ellas vibran, soterradas, la violencia y la voluntad de rebeli\u0026amp;oacute;n ante una figura paterna o paternalista, hacia el poder en cualquiera de sus formas.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUn ni\u0026amp;ntilde;o es obligado por su padre a ejercer de lazarillo de un mendigo ciego y codicioso, hombres y mujeres construyen en una noche hist\u0026amp;oacute;rica su lugar en el mundo, un vibrador decide el destino amoroso de una pareja, un homosexual recuerda sus amores con el presidente Lincoln...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRese\u0026amp;ntilde;as:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u0026amp;laquo;El talento y la sabidur\u0026amp;iacute;a de Alarc\u0026amp;oacute;n est\u0026amp;aacute;n por encima de su tiempo.\u0026amp;raquo;.-The New York Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u0026amp;laquo;Leer a Alarc\u0026amp;oacute;n es como presenciar la llegada de un nuevo John Steinbeck o un Gabriel Garc\u0026amp;iacute;a M\u0026amp;aacute;rquez.\u0026amp;raquo;.-Star-Tribune\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eENGLISH DESCRIPTION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED for the 2017 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn urgent, essential collection of stories about immigration, broken dreams, Los Angeles gang members, Latin American families, and other tales of high stakes journeys, from the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eWar by Candlelight and At Night We Walk in Circles.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMigration. Betrayal. Family secrets. Doomed love. Uncertain futures. In Daniel Alarc\u0026amp;oacute;n\u0026amp;rsquo;s hands, these are transformed into deeply human stories with high stakes. In \"The Thousands,\" people are on the move and forging new paths; hope and heartbreak abound. A man deals with the fallout of his blind relatives' mysterious deaths and his father's mental breakdown and incarceration in \"The Bridge.\" A gang member discovers a way to forgiveness and redemption through the haze of violence and trauma in \"The Ballad of Rocky Rontal.\" And in the tour de force novella, \"The Auroras\", a man severs himself from his old life and seeks to make a new one in a new city, only to find himself seduced and controlled by a powerful woman. Richly drawn, full of unforgettable characters, \u003ci\u003eThe King is Always Above the People\u003c\/i\u003e reveals experiences both unsettling and unknown, and yet eerily familiar in this new world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PRH Grupo Editorial","offers":[{"title":"US - Paperback","offer_id":49738933731555,"sku":"DTRPRUS-9788420433066","price":118.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1778\/4925\/files\/68cd7e989c7f-9788420433066.jpg?v=1789548666","url":"https:\/\/buybookbook.com\/products\/el-rey-siempre-esta-por-encima-del-pueblo-the-is-always-above-the-people-stories","provider":"買書書 BuyBookBook","version":"1.0","type":"link"}