Fiction
All That We Don´t Know
by María de Alva
Description
Four children have to deal with the killing of their father in violent, 1970's Northern Mexico. Grief does not stop because nobody in the family wants to talk about the murder for fear of disrupting family unity. The story is written from the perspective of four narrators. The first is a woman who tries to find the truth using her own recollection, photographs and a USB. A second narrator is a police detective who was the lead investigator of the killing and keeps a detailed file and realizes something doesn´t quite add up. A third narrator is a middle-aged woman, facing a cancer diagnosis and who, in the middle of treatment, starts remembering things about her father. The novel takes us deep into the dark wolrd of the 23 September Communist guerrilla in Mexico, weaving elements of historical fact and fiction, and trying desperately to answer questions about the need to for the truth.
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Book is aimed at general, adult reader with an interest in Latin American politics and crime fiction
Endorsements
"A point blank shooting disrupts the life of a family. From different perspectives and ages, María de Alva's liquid prose underscores the need to find the truth as a way to survive", Mónica Lavín. "María de Alva succeds in joining the history of a Monterrey family with the history of the guerrilla and Mexico's dirty wars, creating an intersection where politics cross private lives, and offering a heart wrenching story about loss, suffering, sickness, and memory", Eduardo Antonio Parra.
Reviews
https://elnorte.com/oKLYdn/todo-lo-que-no-sabemos/
https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/opinion/elmer-mendoza/todo-lo-que-no-sabemos-novela-de-maria-de-alva/
https://www.milenio.com/cultura/maria-de-alva-presenta-el-libro-todo-lo-que-no-sabemos
https://librotea.com/americas/libros/todo-lo-que-no-sabemos
Author Biography
She is the author of the following fiction titles:Todo lo que no sabemos (2024), Un corazón extraviado (2022), Lo que guarda el río (2016), Antes del Olvido (2011), which was a runner-up for Spaíns 2009 Fernando Lara Novel Award, and A través de la ventana, runner-up in the 2009 Fernando Lara Award. She’s taught Literature at the Tecnológico de Monterrey for over 25 years, heading the Hispanic Literature Department from 2015-2020. She holds an M.A. in Latin American Studies from the University of California and an M.A. in Education from Tecnológico de Monterrey, as well as a Ph.D. from the same college. She currently leads the Tecnológico’s Reading Program. She is also a member of the Alfonso Reyes Chair Committee and the editorial director for the Campus Cultural magazine. She publishes frequently in media and academic journals on issues of memory, self fiction, body, sexuality, motherhood and illness.
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- Publisher/Imprint Hachette Livre Mexico / Literatura
- Orginal LanguageSpanish
- ISBN/Identifier 9786075745411 / 6075745411
- Publication Country or regionMexico
- FormatPaperback
- Primary Price 20 USD
- Pages368
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusPublished
- Original Language TitleTodo lo que no sabemos
- Copyright Year2021
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