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Un hecho extraordinario sacude la monótona existencia de una pequeña comunidad, obligándola a poner de manifiesto su auténtico carácter, su egoísmo y estrechez de miras.

Una novela audaz y provocadora.

Maestro en combinar elementos del género negro y la tragedia clásica, con una especial habilidad para crear suspense mediante una serie de detalles en principio intrascendentes, Philippe Claudel -autor de las aclamadas Almas grises y El informe de Brodeck- regresa con una historia plena de connotaciones filosóficas.

El archipiélago del Perro dista mucho de ser un lugar paradisíaco. Situado en el Mediterráneo menos turístico, a unas decenas de millas de la costa africana, es un enclave aislado del mundo donde los habitantes entierran a sus muertos de pie por falta de espacio. Una tierra dura, famosa por sus fuentes de agua caliente y sus paisajes, y dominada por el Brau, un volcán que lleva milenios vomitando lava y escorias fértiles. La pesca y la agricultura son la forma de subsistencia de sus moradores, que sueñan con hacerse ricos con la probable construcción de un complejo termal financiado por un consorcio internacional.

Sin embargo, un lunes de septiembre, el mar arroja a la orilla los cadáveres de tres jóvenes negros, un suceso que desencadena un agrio debate entre las personas con mando y poder en la isla, que discuten acaloradamente si dar una sepultura digna a los cuerpos u ocultarlos para evitar el escándalo. Una porfía que irá enconándose hasta romper el sosiego colectivo y transformar a esta pacífica gente en una turbamulta descontrolada capaz de provocar su propia aniquilación.

Con un ritmo narrativo raudo y sostenido al servicio de una parábola sobre la crisis migratoria, Claudel ha escrito una novela que nos arranca de nuestra molicie y nos invita a rebelarnos ante la ignominia colectiva.

Reseñas:
«Una fábula negra única, una novela alegórica y misteriosa, llena de suspense.» -Le Figaro

«Claudel firma una tragedia griega que nos atrapa desde el prólogo [...] y alcanza su objetivo: dejar grabadas en nuestra retina imágenes de pesadilla.» -Le Monde

«En esta novela áspera e intrigante, cautivadora y enigmática al estilo de Almas grises y El informe de Brodeck, Philippe Claudel ofrece una fábula opresiva sobre la condición humana, así como una parábola sobre la caída.» -La Croix

«Una novela sombría y angustiante, que mezcla con talento una tragedia cotidiana con un entorno imaginario. [...] Un gran Philippe Claudel, imposible de olvidar.» -Version Femina

DECRIPTION IN ENGLISH

The Dog Islands are a small, isolated cluster of islands in the Mediterranean - so called because together, when viewed from above, they form the shape of a dog, twisting and baring its teeth against a brilliant blue sea. One of the only inhabited islands (the one that takes the place of one of the dog's teeth) is dominated by a gently smoking volcano, fringed by black volcanic beaches and under the iron rule of the heads of community who are loath to let any outside influence disrupt the quiet way of life on the island.

Then one morning, an old woman comes across three bodies that have washed up with the tide: three young black men, who have apparently drowned in their attempt to cross the sea. The initial reaction of the island community is that this tragedy must be covered up, lest any association with the drownings damages the island's tourism industry...

But the island's deliberate isolation from the realities of the world cannot last for long, and when a visiting detective arrives on the island and starts asking awkward questions, it becomes clear that the deaths of these three men indicate something far more sinister and deeply rotten lying at the heart of this godforsaken fragment of sea-bound land.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9788498389388
  • Publisher: Salamandra
  • Publisher Imprint: Salamandra
  • Height: 219 mm
  • No of Pages: 208
  • Spine Width: 14 mm
  • Width: 138 mm
  • ISBN-10: 8498389380
  • Publisher Date: 30 Aug 2019
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: Spanish
  • Returnable: Y
  • Weight: 284 gr


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