El cielo no existe by Inés Fernández Moreno

El cielo no existe

Inés Fernández Moreno
249 pages
Alfaguara
May 2015
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A sus cincuenta años, Cala se encuentra un día con un bebé en los brazos. Se lo ha dejado Sabrina, la chica que cuida a su despótica y anciana madre. Con una vida inestable pero un ánimo siempre renovado, Cala se hará cargo del bebé mientras emprende la búsqueda de Sabrina y reaparece un viejo amor de la adolescencia. Una Buenos Aires contradictoria, donde conviven la frivolidad y el empobrecimiento, es el escenario apropiado para que esta mujer de clase media descubra un mundo que apenas intuye pero que impone su presencia a diario: las mafias vinculadas a la trata y a las drogas, los servicios profesionales de las chicas &quot;traviesas&quot;, los hospitales en ruinas, los barrios precarios del conurbano. Con su inconfundible capacidad para construir personajes y mostrar con asombro, humor e ironía las ambigüedades de la existencia, Inés Fernández Moreno hace convivir la comedia con el fresco sociológico y la trama intimista con el policial, sin que la mirada crítica opaque el final feliz de esta historia agridulce. Una novela entretenida, cercana y actual, que habla de los vínculos y su capacidad de cambiar el color de las cosas. <b>ENGLISH DESCRIPTION</b> At fifty years old, Cala finds herself with a new baby. It was left with her by Sabrina, the girl who takes care of her tyrannical, aging mother. With an unstable life but undying spirit, Cala will take care of the baby while embarking on the search for Sabrina ... and reconnecting with a childhood sweetheart. An incongruous Buenos Aires, where both frivolity and poverty coexist, is the perfect setting for this middle-class woman to discover a world that she barely knew existed, but which imposes its presence daily: mafias linked to human trafficking and drugs, the professional services of certain women, hospitals in ruins, the precarious neighborhoods on the outskirts of town. With her unmistakable ability to construct characters and show the ambiguities of existence with amazement, humor, and irony, Inés Fernández Moreno combines comedy with sociology, and an intimate storyline with a crime novel, without letting critical commentary overshadow the happy ending of this bittersweet story. This is an enjoyable, touching, and contemporary novel that speaks volumes about social bonds and their ability to color our experiences.
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Pages 249
Publisher Alfaguara
Published 2015
Readers 1