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Alonso Cueto

Autor(a) de La hora azul

37+ Works 237 Membros 5 Críticas

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Obras por Alonso Cueto

La hora azul (2005) 97 exemplares
Grandes Miradas (2003) 19 exemplares
La viajera del viento (2014) 12 exemplares
La segunda amante del rey (2017) 8 exemplares
La Pasajera (2015) 6 exemplares
Demonio del mediodía (1999) 6 exemplares
La Perricholi : reina de Lima (2019) 5 exemplares
Sueños reales (2008) 4 exemplares
Amores de invierno (2006) 4 exemplares
El vuelo de la ceniza (2007) 4 exemplares

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The Wind Traveler is a lyrical novel about loss and atonement.

Ángel, seeking to numb the pain of losing his mother, abandons his law training and joins the army to fight against Peru’s Shining Path revolutionaries. He finds camaraderie among fellow soldiers, but is traumatized by war’s senseless brutality. Most especially, he is haunted by a woman who pleaded for his help, but whom he left for dead.

After leaving the army, Ángel goes through the motions of living, despising and punishing himself for what he’s done. When the woman reappears, he becomes obsessed with discovering what happened to her and assuaging his guilt. The story follows his self-destructive pursuit of her, which leads to him paying for a crime he did not commit. Imprisoned, he finds solace and a path to redemption.

The story unfolds in layers, moving smoothly back and forth in time. Amid his existential odyssey, Ángel consults unexpected guides: his upstanding brother, fellow soldiers and wrestlers, priests, prison guards, outcasts, and prisoners, each with a unique life philosophy and portrayed with complexity and empathy.

Throughout, details capture the essences of places and people. Cueto’s scenes and descriptions are tactile and immediate, conveying subtext and deeper meaning. Metaphors set a mood that supports the story’s overarching themes of trauma, guilt, and the idea that we are forever bound to people we harm and who harm us, even if that harm is unintended. Spare language and well-placed observations result in interludes for absorbing the deeper implications of situations, adding tension and emotional texture. A series of quiet moments build to a crescendo and emotional catharsis.

The Wind Traveler is a powerful, multilayered novel that meditates on life and death, pain and suffering.
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WendyHinman | Aug 29, 2020 |
Verónica es una mujer que goza de una vida plena: un matrimonio estable, un hijo cariñoso, un apasionado amante y un prestigioso caro como periodista. Rebeca, en cambio, soporta el tormento de su grotesca gordura. La soledad, la amargura y la rabia abandonan su sed infinita de culpabilizar a alguien. Ese alguien es su amiga secreta del colegio, tropieza con ella en un avión, y allí se inicia esta intrigante e intensa novela..
 
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Luz_19 | Aug 14, 2020 |
La acciòn se sitùa en Perù , con la guerrilla de Sendero Luminoso en la dècada del noventa. El autor narra la historia de una prisionera y un militar.
 
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paulagimenez | 1 outra crítica | Apr 20, 2016 |
In Peru, eind jaren negentig van de 20ste eeuw, komt een succesvol advocaat na het overlijden van zijn moeder op pijnlijke wijze via een mysterieuze brief in aanraking met het wrede oorlogsverleden van zijn vader
 
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huizenga | 1 outra crítica | Apr 6, 2010 |

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Obras
37
Also by
2
Membros
237
Popularidade
#95,614
Avaliação
½ 3.5
Críticas
5
ISBN
92
Línguas
7

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