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La chica / Girl (Narrativa)
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UN ACONTECIMIENTO LITERARIO
La autora de Las chicas de campo regresa con su novela más ambiciosa, comprometida y estremecedora.
«Un libro valiente sobre un espíritu valiente.»—J. M. Coetzee
«La escritora de lengua inglesa con más talento de nuestros días.»—Philip Roth
«Tiempo atrás fui una niña, pero ya no». Así empieza la nueva y sorprendente novela de Edna O'Brien, quien con más de ochenta años ha encontrado la fuerza y la valentía para viajar a Nigeria y entrevistar a varias de las niñas que fueron víctimas de Boko Haram. Su estremecedor testimonio ha inspirado esta novela al tiempo desgarradora y luminosa: la historia de Maryam, que es secuestrada junto con sus compañeras del colegio, encarcelada, violada y obligada a casarse con un desconocido; que debe huir con su bebé y su amiga hasta llegar finalmente a reencontrarse con su madre en la aldea, donde la esperan nuevas desventuras aún más sinuosas.
O'Brien nos lleva sin aliento por cada página: ansiamos, sufrimos y nos conmovemos con su heroína, y la prosa es deslumbrante e hipnótica como esa luna que mira Maryam desde su celda, símbolo de la esperanza y la redención a pesar de todo. Pues esta es una historia de superación, de amor, amistad y solidaridad, en la que de un modo u otro podemos ver reflejadas nuestras propias luchas.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
Girl, Edna O’Brien’s hotly anticipated new novel, envisages the lives of the Boko Haram girls in a masterpiece of violence and tenderness.
I was a girl once, but not anymore.
So begins Girl, Edna O’Brien’s harrowing portrayal of the young women abducted by Boko Haram. Set in the deep countryside of northeast Nigeria, this is a brutal story of incarceration, horror, and hunger; a hair-raising escape into the manifold terrors of the forest; and a descent into the labyrinthine bureaucracy and hostility awaiting a victim who returns home with a child blighted by enemy blood. From one of the century's greatest living authors, Girl is an unforgettable story of one victim’s astonishing survival, and her unflinching faith in the redemption of the human heart.
Author: Edna O'Brien (all their books in stock)
Format: Paperback
Published: 2020
Pages: 232
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 9788426406354
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