Umami (Spanish Edition)
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Umami Es El Debut Literario De Laia Jufresa Y Publishers Weekly Ya Lo Considera Uno De Los Hot Books Del 2015.Ana Quiere Plantar Una Milpa En Su Traspatio, En Pleno Distrito Federal. Pero En La Tierra Hay Altos Contenidos De Plomo Y La Casa Donde Vive Est Plagada De Ausencias. Su Hermana Muri, Sus Paps Estn De Luto Y Sus Hermanos De Campamento; Su nica Amiga Se Fue A Buscar A Quien La Abandon Cuatro Aos Atrs. Menos Mal Que Queda Alfonso.Alfonso Es Un Antroplogo Especializado En Alimentacin Prehispnica. Es Viudo Y Dueo De La Pequea Urbanizacin Campanario. l Mismo La Dise A Partir De Un Esquema De La Lengua Humana Y Dio A Las Casas El Nombre De Cada Uno De Los Cinco Sabores Que Percibimos: Dulce, Salado, Amargo, cido Y Umami.En Duelo, Los Habitantes De La Comunidad Desearan Echar El Tiempo Atrs. Tejida Al Revs, Esta Novela Se Lo Permite. Mientras Ana Remueve La Tierra Y Clava Las Semillas, Sus Vecinos Hurgan En El Pasado. Pero El Traspatio De La Memoria Est Minado Con Preguntas: Quin Fue Mi Mujer? Por Qu Se Fue Mi Mam? Y, Cmo Es Posible Que Se Ahogara Una Nia Que Saba Nadar?English Descriptionshortlisted For The Best Translated Fiction Book Award, 2017Ms. Jufresa: Where The F*#! Did You Learn To Tell A Story So Well? -lvaro Enrigue, Award-Winning Author Of Sudden Deathas Heard On NprS Weekend Edition With Scott Simonit Started With A Drowning.Deep In The Heart Of Mexico City, Where Five Houses Cluster Around A Sun-Drenched Courtyard, Lives Ana, A Precocious Twelve-Year-Old Who Spends Her Days Buried In Agatha Christie Novels To Forget The Mysterious Death Of Her Little Sister Years Earlier. Over The Summer She Decides To Plant A Milpa In Her Backyard, And As She Digs The Ground And Plants Her Seeds, Her Neighbors In Turn Delve Into Their Past. The Ripple Effects Of Grief, Childlessness, Illness And Displacement Saturate Their Stories, Secrets Seep Out And Questions Emerge - Who Was My Wife? Why Did My Mom Leave? Can I Turn Back The Clock? And How Could A Girl Who Knew How To Swim Drown?In Prose That Is Dazzlingly Inventive, Funny And Tender, Laia Jufresa Immerses Us In The Troubled Lives Of Her Narrators, Deftly Unpicking Their Stories To Offer A Darkly Comic Portrait Of Contemporary Mexico, As Whimsical As It Is Heart-Wrenching.
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