"En Atenas, ciudad en la que Rodrigo Rey Rosa reside actualmente, Teodora Jaramillo, una turista guatemalteca, reconoce a su compatriota y le presenta a su acompąante, Rupert Ranke, un escrito suiza entonces desconocido que llevará al autor de Severina y El material humano a su piso de la capital griega para incitarlo a editar este libro. Hasta aqu̕ la historia de un afortunado hallazgo editorial; vayamos ahora a la novela: Ranke, historiador de la cultura cl̀sica y gu̕a tur̕stico, no tarda en quedar cautivado por el encanto de la bella Teodora, de viaje por Grecia con su marido, y su melanc̤lica obsesi̤n por El pequęo refugiado, una escultura de m̀rmol que ha visto en el Museo Arqueol̤gico de Atenas y que es el vivo retrato de su hijo, desaparecido misteriosamente a los cuatro ąos"--Back cover. "In Athens, the city where Rodrigo Rey Rosa currently resides, Teodora Jaramillo, a Guatemalan tourist, recognizes her compatriot and presents her companion, Rupert Ranke, with a then unknown Swiss writing that will lead the author of Severina and The Human Material to his flat in the Greek capital to entice him to publish this book. So far the story of a lucky publishing find, let's now turn to the novel: Ranke, historian of classical culture and tour guide, is soon captivated by the charm of the beautiful Theodora, on a trip to Greece with her husband, and her melancholy obsession with The Little Refugee, a marble sculpture she has seen in the Archaeological Museum of Athens and which is the living portrait of her son, who mysteriously disappeared at the age of four "--Back cover.
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