Debolsillo (Firm)
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"Un ranchero quiere que sus cuatro hijos sean sacerdotes; ellos piensan distinto. Un hombre es humillado por su patrón; su hijo quisiera humillarlo más. Una madre renuncia a su carrera de cantante y se pregunta si valió la pena; su hija renuncia al mundo y vive a través de los reality shows. El hijo del presidente se rebela contra su padre, pero depende de su protección. Una mujer sufre el sadismo de su marido por amor. Una madre dolorosa...
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This novel portrays Carlos Fuentes' best; it is aggressive, sharp, and powerful. With penetrating humor and frank narrative, the nine stories (in this novel) depict the rift that has occurred between the U.S. and Mexico in the last two hundred years. But Fuentes also gives us an insight into the force of Mexican life and culture, and how it has been able to survive in spite of the injustice and corruption in Mexico that have caused so many to seek...
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Jaime Ceballos is at the brink of adulthood and finds himself torn between Christian morals and the physical urges of his burning youth; family hierarchy and his thirst for freedom; his small-town world and the endless horizon that extends before his eyes; sin and salvation. Life's response is to place before him unvarnished truths that would effect a radical change in him.
Jaime Cevallos está al fínal de su adolescencia; pronto deberá decidir...