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Zahir: Una Novela de Obsesión
Paperback
RomanceGeneral FictionLiterary Fiction
Publisher Price: $15.99
ISBN13: 9780060831318
Publisher: HarperCollins Espanol
Published: May 10 2005
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.55
Height: 0.80 Width: 5.20 Depth: 7.90
Language: Spanish
Talento en abundancia, originalidad deslumbrante y elegancia con las palabras... El Zahir es algo más.
--Los Angeles Times
El narrador de El Zahir es un novelista de súper ventas que vive en ParÃs y disfruta todos los privilegios que el dinero y la celebridad brindan. Su esposa de diez años, Esther, es una corresponsal de guerra que ha desaparecido con un amigo, Mikhail, quien podrÃa o no ser su amante.
Esther fue secuestrada, asesinada o simplemente escapó de un matrimonio que no la satisfacÃa? El narrador no tiene respuestas, pero tiene demasiadas preguntas. Un dÃa Mikhail encuentra al narrador y le promete reunirlo con su esposa. En su intento de recuperar un amor perdido, el narrador descubre algo inesperado sobre sà mismo.
Una historia inolvidable y redentora sobre la obsesión, El Zahir explora su potencial de cumplir nuestros sueños y destruirlos.
Superabundant talent, stunning originality, an elegant way with words... The Zahir is something more.
-- Los Angeles Times
The narrator of The Zahr is a bestselling novelist who lives in Paris and enjoys all the privileges money and celebrity bring. His wife of ten years, Esther, is a war correspondent who has disappeared along with a friend, Mikhail, who may or may not be her lover.
Was Esther kidnapped, murdered, or did she simply escape a marriage that left her unfulfilled? The narrator doesn't have any answers, but he has plenty of questions of his own. Then one day Mikhail finds the narrator and promises to reunite him with his wife. In his attempt to recapture a lost love, the narrator discovers something unexpected about himself.
A haunting and redemptive story about obsession, The Zahir explores its potential to fulfill our dreams, and to destroy them.
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