El dia antes / The Day Before - Sorj Chalandon - Books - Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial - 9788417511791 - January 21, 2020
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El dia antes / The Day Before


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Un drama familiar que contiene la rabia y la frustración de una clase social abandonada. Una novela magistral por uno de los mejores autores europeos vivos. El 27 de diciembre de 1974 perdieron la vida 42 trabajadores en el pozo Saint-Amé, en la cuenca minera del Paso de Calais. Michel Flavent, el narrador de esta novela, nos explica que Joseph, su hermano menor, resultó fatalmente herido y murió poco después. Tras la tragedia, Michel abandonó el Norte de Francia para instalarse en París. Ahora siente la necesidad de contarnos su obsesión por el accidente, su convencimiento de que todo podría haberse evitado. Y también nos confiesa cómo sus deseos de justicia fueron desembocando, con el tiempo, en sed de venganza. Una sed tan insaciable que ni siquiera pudo sustraerse de ella cuando otros hechos graves acecharon a la familia. Ha necesitado cuarenta años para regresar al lugar y castigar a los culpables. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION A family drama that contains the rage and frustration of a marginalized social class. A masterpiece of a novel by one of the best European authors alive today. On December 27, 1974, 42 workers lost their lives at the Saint-Amé well, in the Paso de Calais mining basin. Michel Flavent, the narrator, explains that his younger brother Joseph had been fatally injured and died shortly after. After the tragedy, Michel left the North of France to settle in Paris. Now he feels the need to tell us about his obsession with the accident, and his belief that everything could have been prevented. He also confesses how his desire for justice was quickly leading to a thirst for revenge. It was a thirst so insatiable that he could not get over the idea even when other more serious events haunted the family. It has taken him forty years to return to that place and punish the guilty parties.

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released January 21, 2020
ISBN13 9788417511791
Publishers Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
Pages 304
Dimensions 151 × 215 × 22 mm   ·   358 g
Language Spanish  

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