Este Vacío Que Hierve / This Emptiness That Boils [Spanish]

By Jorge Comensal

Book Overview

Una novela de misterio y zoolog?a, de adicciones y crisis familiares, de fantasmas, crisis clim?tica, agujeros negros y masculinidad desorientada.

El 28 de mayo de 2029, durante una ola de calor, las llamas consumen el Bosque de Chapultepec, el parque donde se encuentra el Pante?n Dolores y el zool?gico de la ciudad. No parece haber sido un accidente: el fuego comenz? con la hoguera de un hombre vestido de sacerdote en la fosa com?n del cementerio. En el incendio mueren casi todos los ?rboles del parque y los animales del zool?gico. A partir de ah?, la historia de Rebeca y Karina se cruza con la de Silverio, vigilante del pante?n y padre de la precoz activista clim?tica y ecol?gica, Daenerys. Estos personajes emprenden caminos de reinvenci?n que pasan por resolver varios enigmas: qui?n era el sacerdote quemado en el Pante?n, c?mo consigui? Rebeca la botella de brandy con la que se embriag?, qu? les pas? a los padres de Karina hace 18 a?os, c?mo se aparean los tiburones, qu? ser? del huevo de em? que se salv? del fuego y m?s.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

A mystery novel about zoology, addiction, and family crises, about ghosts, the climate crisis, black holes, and disoriented masculinity.

On May 28, 2029, during a heat wave, flames consume the Bosque de Chapultepec, the park where the Pante?n de Dolores and the city zoo are located. It doesn't look like it was accidental --the blaze spread from the pyre lit by a man dressed as a priest in the cemetery's mass grave. Almost all trees and animals in the park perish in the fire. From then on, Rebeca and Karina's story intersects with Silverio's, caretaker at the cemetery and father of Daenerys, a precocious climate and environmental activist. These characters set out on journeys of reinvention that come to be after solving several enigmas: who was the priest burned at the Pante?n? How did Rebeca get the bottle of brandy with which she got drunk? What happened to Karina's parents 18 years ago? How do sharks mate? What will happen to the emu egg that survived the fire? And more.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN: 6073819390
• ISBN13: 9786073819398
• Release Date: December 2022
• Publisher: Alfaguara
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.5"