El ruido de las cosas al caer
Tan pronto conoce a Ricardo Laverde, el joven Antonio Yammara comprende que en el pasado de su nuevo amigo hay un secreto, o quiza varios. Su atracción por la misteriosa vida de Laverde, nacida al hilo de sus encuentros en un billar, se transforma en verdadera obsesion el dia en que este es...
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Tan pronto conoce a Ricardo Laverde, el joven Antonio Yammara comprende que en el pasado de su nuevo amigo hay un secreto, o quiza varios. Su atracción por la misteriosa vida de Laverde, nacida al hilo de sus encuentros en un billar, se transforma en verdadera obsesion el dia en que este es asesinado. El ruido de las cosas al caer es la historia de una amistad frustrada. Pero es tambien una doble historia de amor en tiempos poco propicios, y tambien una radiografia de una generacion atrapada en el miedo, y tambien una investigacion llena de suspenso en el pasado de un hombre y el de un pais ENGLISH DESCRIPTION:Upon meeting Ricardo Laverde, Antonio Yammara suspects his new-found friend is hiding something. His fascination with Laverde s mysterious life becomes an obsession the day Laverde is murdered. El ruido de las cosas al caer is a story about a friendship frustrated by circumstances, a story of love in unfavorable times, an X-ray of a generation trapped by fear, and a suspenseful investigation into the past of a man and of a country.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9788466325967
Publish date: May 23rd 2012
Publisher: Punto de Lectura
Pages no: 272
Edition language: Spanish
Category:
Novels,
Literature,
European Literature,
Cultural,
Book Club,
Historical Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
Mystery,
Contemporary,
Crime,
Spanish Literature,
Latin American
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