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03718aam a2200373 i 4500 001 CD8310105E3D11EC8A67FCCD29ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20211216010007 008 210708s2021 mx 000 1 spa 010 $a 2021360444 020 $a 6070769600 020 $a 9786070769603 035 $a (OCoLC)1259368873 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d JTH $d TJC $d MCCPP $d GUA $d IOU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 082 04 $a 863.7 $2 23 100 1 $a Roncagliolo, Santiago, $e author. 242 10 $a Deliver us from evil $y eng 245 12 $a Y liÌbranos del mal / $c Santiago Roncagliolo. 250 $a Primera edicioÌn. 264 1 $a Ciudad de MeÌxico : $b Seix Barral, $c 2021. 300 $a 395 pages ; $c 23 cm. 490 1 $a Biblioteca breve 520 $a "Todas las familias guardan alguÌn secreto, pero algunas ocultan verdades tan oscuras que cuando salen a la luz lo pudren todo. Jimmy cree que su existencia es perfecta: estaÌ por entrar a la universidad, su papaÌ 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 eÌl decide viajar a PeruÌ para cuidarla, el contacto con las viejas amistades limenÌas de su padre le abriraÌ una ventana hacia un pasado que ignoraba y maÌs le valdriÌa nunca haber conocido. Jimmy emprende un desgarrador viaje a los oriÌgenes que, al mismo tiempo, es un descenso a los infiernos. Una odisea personal en la cual el espejismo de la IÌtaca 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 maÌs reconocidas en la narrativa hispanoamericana, nos confronta con preguntas que no tienen respuesta faÌcil. EÌHasta doÌnde puede llegar la obediencia ciega? EÌA partir de queÌ punto el silencio nos hace coÌmplices y culpables? Como afirma el protagonista tan pronto comienza esta perturbadora novela: 'AquiÌ cada quien se salva como puede'"--Page 4 of cover. 520 $a "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. 650 0 $a Family secrets $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Lima (Peru) $v Fiction. 650 4 $a Spanish language materials. 655 7 $a Novels. $2 lcgft 830 0 $a Biblioteca breve (Mexico City, Mexico) 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117032959.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=CD8310105E3D11EC8A67FCCD29ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search