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El sistema del tacto

Finalista Herralde de Novela
Pages
192
Published
2018
Language
Spanish

Synopsis

Ania embarks on a thousand-kilometer journey across the Andes to bid farewell to her dying uncle Agustín, a trip that becomes a flight from her present and a descent into the blurred lines of memory.

Spanning from the 1970s to the 21st century, with glimpses into an even more distant past, the characters grapple with the erosion of their roots and the feeling of being strangers in their own homes, families, and languages.

This novel explores themes of displacement and belonging, the ties that bind families across borders, and the enduring power of memory and words.

How it reads

Prose complexity 7/10
Content warnings (1)
Trauma

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