{"product_id":"el-ultimo-lector-the-last-reader","title":"El último lector \/ The Last Reader","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u0026amp;laquo;David Toscana es el m\u0026amp;aacute;s original y disfrutable escritor de su generaci\u0026amp;oacute;n.\u0026amp;raquo;- El Observador\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e Hace un a\u0026amp;ntilde;o que no llueve en Icamole y en el pozo de Remigio, en vez de agua, hoy aparece una hermosa ni\u0026amp;ntilde;a muerta. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUna criatura adorable que as\u0026amp;iacute;, inerte, es capaz de despertar las m\u0026amp;aacute;s desquiciadas pasiones; aunque tambi\u0026amp;eacute;n puede significar la perdici\u0026amp;oacute;n, pues pronto vendr\u0026amp;aacute; la polic\u0026amp;iacute;a en busca de un culpable. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRemigio acude a su padre, el bibliotecario del pueblo, para que le ayude a ocultar el crimen que no cometi\u0026amp;oacute;. Juntos encontrar\u0026amp;aacute;n en las grandes novelas \u0026amp;mdash;en esas sublimes borracheras de palabras\u0026amp;mdash; el modo de cambiar la historia y la vida misma al borrar la tenue frontera que separa la realidad y la ficci\u0026amp;oacute;n. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavid Toscana rebasa los l\u0026amp;iacute;mites entre vida y literatura con su habilidad de enlazar narraciones eternas e infinitas.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eENGLISH DESCRIPTION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn tiny Icamole, almost deserted village in Mexico\u0026amp;rsquo;s desert north, the librarian, Lucio, is also the village\u0026amp;rsquo;s only reader. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThough it has not rained for a year in Icamole, when Lucio\u0026amp;rsquo;s son Remigio draws the body of a thirteen-year-old girl from his well, floodgates open on dark possibility. Strangely enamored of the dead girl\u0026amp;rsquo;s beauty and fearing implication, Remigio turns desperately to his father. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePersuading his son to bury the body, Lucio baptizes the girl Babette, after the heroine of a favorite novel. Is Lucio the keeper of too many stories? As police begin to investigate, has he lost his footing? Or do revelation and resolution lie with other characters and plots from his library? Toscana displays brilliant mastery of the novel\u0026amp;mdash;in all its elements\u0026amp;mdash;as Lucio keeps every last reader guessing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for David Toscana\u0026amp;rsquo;s earlier work\u0026amp;ldquo;Deserves to join the ranks of the great Latin American authors Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Jorge Amado\u0026amp;rdquo; \u0026amp;mdash;New York Times Book Review\u0026amp;ldquo;Introduces American readers to a gifted writer who seems poised to inherit the postmodernist mantle of Carlos Fuentes.\u0026amp;rdquo; \u0026amp;mdash;Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PRH Grupo Editorial","offers":[{"title":"US - Paperback","offer_id":49731984523491,"sku":"DTRPRUS-9786073185295","price":85.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1778\/4925\/files\/9786073185295.jpg?v=1789370983","url":"https:\/\/buybookbook.com\/zh\/products\/el-ultimo-lector-the-last-reader","provider":"買書書 BuyBookBook","version":"1.0","type":"link"}