"Todas las familias guardan algún secreto, pero algunas ocultan verdades tan oscuras que cuando salen a la luz lo pudren todo. Jimmy cree que su existencia es perfecta: está por entrar a la universidad, su papá es el administrador de la catedral de Brooklyn y su madre es una feliz ama de casa. Sin embargo, cuando la abuela se enferma y él decide viajar a Perú para cuidarla, el contacto con las viejas amistades limeñas de su padre le abrirá una ventana hacia un pasado que ignoraba y más le valdría nunca haber conocido. Jimmy emprende un desgarrador viaje a los orígenes que, al mismo tiempo, es un descenso a los infiernos. Una odisea personal en la cual el espejismo de la Ítaca anhelada se revela en una cruda verdad sobre el fanatismo religioso, el abuso de poder, la pederastia y una sociedad latinoamericana conservadora que es capaz de solapar cualquier crimen con tal de mantener el statu quo. Santiago Roncagliolo, una de las voces más reconocidas en la narrativa hispanoamericana, nos confronta con preguntas que no tienen respuesta fácil. ÈHasta dónde puede llegar la obediencia ciega? ÈA partir de qué punto el silencio nos hace cómplices y culpables? Como afirma el protagonista tan pronto comienza esta perturbadora novela: 'Aquí cada quien se salva como puede'"--Page 4 of cover. "All families keep secrets, but some hide truths so dark that when they come to light they rot everything. Jimmy believes that his existence is perfect: he is about to enter college, his father is the administrator of Brooklyn Cathedral and His mother is a happy housewife. However, when his grandmother falls ill and he decides to travel to Peru to take care of her, contact with his father's old Lima friends will open a window into a past that he did not know and would never be worth. Jimmy embarks on a heartbreaking journey to the origins that, at the same time, is a descent into hell. A personal odyssey in which the mirage of the longed for Ithaca is revealed in a stark truth about religious fanaticism, the abuse of power, pedophilia and a conservative Latin American society that is capable of covering up any crime in order to maintain the status quo. Santiago Roncagliolo, one of the most recognized voices in the Hispanic narrative American, confronts us with questions that have no easy answer. How far can blind obedience go? From what point does silence make us accomplices and guilty? As the protagonist affirms as soon as this disturbing novel begins: 'Here everyone is saved as he can' "- Page 4 of cover.
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