El comentarista deportivo Pepe Caldern Tovar se queda sin voz cuando el defensa de la seleccin colombiana de ftbol, Andrs Escobar, marca el famoso autogol que ms adelante lo convertira en mrtir nacional. En medio del suplicio, el gordo Caldern entiende que la nica manera de recuperar lo que ha perdido es cobrando venganza, y as decide emprender la misin de asesinar al futbolista. Con una mirada satrica sobre la realidad nacional y con un humor que sabe deslizarse entre la tragedia, Ricardo Silva Romero construy un personaje que representa la manera en la que la ira y el desasosiego pueden llegar a minar el espritu de un colombiano tan bueno y tan malo como cualquiera de nosotros. Treinta aos despus de la muerte de Andrs Escobar y tras quince aos de la publicacin de Autogol, Alfaguara presenta a los lectores esta edicin conmemorativa que incluye un eplogo del autor y la reedicin de Fuera de lugar, el texto que reconstruye, desde mltiples voces, el fantasma de Pepe Caldern Tovar. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION "This isn't just a thrilling novel about soccer, but one of the best books to understand our country. Unforgettable." --Daniel Samper Ospina
Sportscaster Pepe Caldern Tovar loses his voice when Andrs Escobar, defender of the Colombian soccer team, scores that famous own goal that later turned him into a national martyr. In the middle of the ordeal, Fat Caldern understands that the only way to get back what he lost is exacting revenge, and decides to undertake the mission of murdering the soccer player. With a satirical view on national reality and the kind of humor that seeps through tragedy, Ricardo Silva Romero built a character that depicts the way in which anger and despair undermine the spirit of a Colombian man who is as good and as bad as any of us. Thirty years after Andrs Escobar's death and fifteen years after publishing Own Goal, Alfaguara brings this anniversary edition with an epilogue by the author and the reissue of Offside, the text that reconstructs, through multiple voices, the ghost of Pepe Caldern Tovar.
El comentarista deportivo Pepe Caldern Tovar se queda sin voz cuando el defensa de la seleccin colombiana de ftbol, Andrs Escobar, marca el famoso autogol que ms adelante lo convertira en mrtir nacional. En medio del suplicio, el gordo Caldern entiende que la nica manera de recuperar lo que ha perdido es cobrando venganza, y as decide emprender la misin de asesinar al futbolista. Con una mirada satrica sobre la realidad nacional y con un humor que sabe deslizarse entre la tragedia, Ricardo Silva Romero construy un personaje que representa la manera en la que la ira y el desasosiego pueden llegar a minar el espritu de un colombiano tan bueno y tan malo como cualquiera de nosotros. Treinta aos despus de la muerte de Andrs Escobar y tras quince aos de la publicacin de Autogol, Alfaguara presenta a los lectores esta edicin conmemorativa que incluye un eplogo del autor y la reedicin de Fuera de lugar, el texto que reconstruye, desde mltiples voces, el fantasma de Pepe Caldern Tovar. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION "This isn't just a thrilling novel about soccer, but one of the best books to understand our country. Unforgettable." --Daniel Samper Ospina
Sportscaster Pepe Caldern Tovar loses his voice when Andrs Escobar, defender of the Colombian soccer team, scores that famous own goal that later turned him into a national martyr. In the middle of the ordeal, Fat Caldern understands that the only way to get back what he lost is exacting revenge, and decides to undertake the mission of murdering the soccer player. With a satirical view on national reality and the kind of humor that seeps through tragedy, Ricardo Silva Romero built a character that depicts the way in which anger and despair undermine the spirit of a Colombian man who is as good and as bad as any of us. Thirty years after Andrs Escobar's death and fifteen years after publishing Own Goal, Alfaguara brings this anniversary edition with an epilogue by the author and the reissue of Offside, the text that reconstructs, through multiple voices, the ghost of Pepe Caldern Tovar.
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