A novel that blends politics, history and romance with unfailing gentleness, unforeseeable, explosive events determine the actions of the characters but never interrupt the work's lyrical structure. Carmen Rojas, the heroine, was a child when, in 1932, she witnessed the brutality of the El Salvadoran National Guard, who murdered 30,000 rioting peasants. The tragedy shapes her political consciousness, and, although she marries an American and lives in Washington, D.C., she cannot escape its memory. Thirty years later, she returns home to attend her mother's funeral and to care for her sickly...

Claribel Alegria's most complete anthology that spans from her first published poems in 1948 to her last in 2014. This anthology was selected by Claribel.

Uno de los textos de filosofia mas antiguos y mas leido en el mundo. Debido a su sencillez y profundidad es un texto que perdura y vive."