Los malos adioses

La historia comienza en el acogedor hogar de los Peerybingle, un matrimonio feliz que cuenta con un curioso huésped en la casa: un grillo, símbolo de la paz en los hogares humildes. El grillo es el eje del relato: en el primer canto, el grillo está feliz; en el segundo, guarda silencio; en el tercero, vuelve a cantar de nuevo. Cuando el viejo Tackleton cuestiona la lealtad de la joven Mary, John Peerybingle queda devastado y la historia parece convertirse en una tragedia. Sin embargo, en ese momento interviene el grillo, una deidad tutelar, símbolo de la confianza y la felicidad...

A través de cuatro generaciones, Pioneras narra la historia de un linaje de mujeres que tuvieron que arriesgarlo todo para hacerse un lugar en el corazón de una tierra salvaje donde la ley se escribía con sangre. A mediados del siglo XIX, la familia Ferrer decide dejar España y emigrar a Nuevo México: una tierra repleta de nuevas oportunidades y promesas de futuro. Sin embargo, tras asentarse en la frontera, la vida de María Ferrer da un vuelco cuando asesinan brutalmente a sus padres y a su hermano y secuestran a su hermana Isabel. Dispuesta a hacer todo lo posible para encontrarla,...

This classic novel about the struggles of Texas Mexicans to preserve their property, culture and identity in the face of Anglo-American migration to and dominance of the Rio Grande Valley is available for the first time in Spanish. Born in the early part of the twentieth century, George Washington Gómez is named after the American rebel and hero because his parents are certain their son will be a great man too. George, or Guálinto as he’s known, grows up in turbulent times. His family has lived for generations in what has become Texas. “I was born here. My father was born here and so...

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