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ISBN 10: 0786863994 ISBN 13: 9780786863990
Editorial: Theia

Sinopsis

The Weight of All Things is a novel about war - and the lunacy of it - seen through the eyes of a nine-year-old boy. The battleground is El Salvador. The hero is Nicolas Veras. His story begins at the funeral of assassinated Archbishop Oscar Romero. Along with thousands of others, Nicolas and his mother have crowded into the plaza of the capital's cathedral to pay homage. When gunfire erupts, pandemonium ensues. With bullets flying in all directions, his mother throws herself atop Nicolas to protect him, and is killed. When medics arrive to take her body away, the boy believes she is only wounded. In the melee of the moment, he loses sight of her.
The attempt to find his mother begins an odyssey that leads from one peril to another. Nicolas searches through a merciless no-man's-land menaced by guerillas on the left and the army on the right. It is a search that ends in still another massacre, and a heroic gesture by the boy who comes to understand, as grown-ups seemingly cannot, that guns and violence are not the answer; that, in war, there are no winners, and that the ultimate losers are the innocent caught in the middle.

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Reseña del editor

A young boy makes his way through the danger, cruelty, and hardships of the war-ravaged country of El Salvador in search of his mother, who was dragged off with other victims following gunfire that erupted in a crowded plaza during a funeral for a martyred archbishop. By the author of Bitter Grounds. 15,000 first printing.

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Editorial
Theia
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0786863994
ISBN 13 
9780786863990
Encuadernación
Tapa dura
Número de páginas
241
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