Ese Día Cayó En Domingo / That Day Fell on a Sunday [Spanish]

By Sergio Ramírez

Book Overview

«Canto que emiten los p?jaros: trino. Encadenamiento fatal de sucesos: destino.

Una mujer combate la soledad haciendo crucigramas. Una familia acomodada se entera de que su hijo se ha hecho amigo del hijo de un narco. Un hombre sufre impotencia y acude a un inefable ur?logo. Otro ve c?mo su tranquila vida de jardinero se altera fortuitamente. Todo un pueblo es masacrado en Guatemala por un contingente del ej?rcito al que hab?an convidado a un asado...

Los relatos de Ese d?a cay? en domingo giran en torno a cuatro temas fundamentales: la familia y el amor, la memoria --individual y colectiva--, la muerte y la vida cotidiana. Aqu? est?n todas las claves de la narrativa del autor, considerado uno de los maestros del g?nero en espa?ol: el humor, su preferencia por los protagonistas perdedores que encierran toda la dignidad del mundo y el compromiso irreductible con el ser humano.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

«Song emitted by birds: trill. Fatal chain of events: fate."

A woman tries to overcome loneliness by doing crossword puzzles. A wealthy family finds out that their son has befriended a drug dealer's son. A man suffers from impotence and goes to an appalling urologist. Another man sees his quiet life as a gardener fortuitously altered. An entire town is massacred in Guatemala by an army soldier who had been invited to a barbecue...

The stories in That Day Fell on a Sunday revolve around four fundamental themes: family and love, memory --individual and collective--, death, and every-day life. In this great work we find all the keys to the author's narrative style --considered one of the masters of the genre in Spanish language literature-- humor, his preference for down and out protagonists but who embody all the dignity in the world, and his ever-present commitment to the human being.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN: 6073819277
• ISBN13: 9786073819275
• Release Date: December 2022
• Publisher: Alfaguara
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 9.4"