"Canción de tumba narra la azarosa vida de Guadalupe Chávez, prostituta y madre del narrador que, a lo largo del libro, se encamina hacia la muerte, víctima de leucemia. La enfermedad de Guadalupe impone al protagonista un ejercicio autobiográfico que lo llevará a sumergirse en su infancia y su juventud, al tiempo que indaga en la compleja relación con su madre, con sus propios hijos y con su país, México, asolado por la corrupción, la violencia y la destrucción. La novela de Julián Herbert saca esqueletos del armario, crea una voz narrativa genuina y febril, dibuja un México desalmado poblado por personajes que ya forman parte de lo mejor de la literatura en español. Canción de tumba es poesía, música y una lectura inagotable"--Back cover. "Song of the Tomb narrates the eventful life of Guadalupe Chávez, a prostitute and mother of the narrator who, throughout the book, heads towards death, a victim of leukemia. Guadalupe's illness imposes on the protagonist an autobiographical exercise that will lead him to immerse himself in his childhood and youth, while exploring the complex relationship with his mother, with his own children and with his country, Mexico, devastated by corruption, violence and destruction. Julián Herbert's novel brings skeletons out of the closet. , creates a genuine and feverish narrative voice, drawing a soulless Mexico populated by characters that are already part of the best of literature in Spanish. Canción de tumba is poetry, music and an inexhaustible read"--Back cover.
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