Perills a dojo

Hay una multitud de voces diferentes que nos hacen cómplices de sus inquietudes familiares, de sus impulsos homicidas, de hechos heroicos, del amor, de la perturbación. Sin embargo, todos los cuentos de este volumen se inscriben en un estilo narrativo, en una coherencia de forma y contenido que sí busca la originalidad en lo heterogéneo y en lo turbador, pero siempre en un tono menor, sin estridencias. Me repito: como si narrar lo insólito fuera lo cotidiano.

Los personajes y escenarios de estos cuentos ambientados en el s. XIX son partícipes de un ambiente mitológico y de anécdotas vinculadas al folclore chileno. Se incluye un glosario con términos chilotes.

Perro Viejo was taken away from his mother at birth and has known no other life than that of servitude on a sugar plantation. His name, which means "Old Dog," was given to him by the plantation master because, like the bloodhounds that chased fugitive slaves, Perro Viejo is always searching for the scent of his long lost mother. The only thing that keeps him alive is the memory of Asuncion, a beautiful girl he once met while washing his master's horses at a river. Never to see her again, he closes his heart to all forms of love. Nearing the end of his life, Perro Viejo meets Beira, an old...

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