The roots of lights

by Andrea Beaudoin Valenzuela

Description

A grandfather and his granddaughter start a road trip to participate in a collector's contest. It is the time in Colombia when electricity rationing and miraculous fishing reign. With fantasy and humor, the grandfather defends his granddaughter from precariousness and abandonment. When the roles of care are reversed, the granddaughter must create new ways of sustaining the house, the body and the memory. Andrea Beaudoin constructs a two-part story to imagine with overwhelming prose the unconventional ways in which we build family. // “People, like the stars, have different forces of gravity. Ana thinks about whether hers will still be growing or will have reached its final size. Leo, over the years, has become magnetic. Around him things float and collapse like everyday meteorites. A limitless force grows in concentric circles, absorbing everything in its path”.

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Himpar Editores

Himpar is a Colombian independent press publishing fiction, non-fiction and poetry since 2014. The catalogue includes renowned Colombian fiction writers.

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Bibliographic Information

  • Publisher Himpar Editores
  • Orginal LanguageSpanish
  • ISBN/Identifier 9786289621716
  • FormatPaperback
  • Primary Price 63,000 COP
  • ReadershipGeneral
  • Publish StatusPublished
  • Original Language TitleLas raíces de la luz
  • Original Language AuthorsAndrea Beaudoin Valenzuela
  • Edition1st
  • Copyright Year2020
  • Dimensions20x13.6 cm

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