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Tierra de campeones / Diego Zúñiga.
LIBRA PQ8098.436.U55 T54 2023
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Zúñiga, Diego, 1987- author.
- Language:
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Chile--History--20th century--Fiction.
- Chile.
- Divers--Chile--Fiction.
- Divers.
- Fishers--Chile--Fiction.
- Fishers.
- Genre:
- Novels.
- Historical fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 270 pages ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- Primera edición.
- Place of Publication:
- Santiago de Chile : Random House, 2023.
- Summary:
- "Mediados del siglo XX. En el norte de Chile, un niño aprende a nadar en las aguas del río Loa junto a sus amigos. Posee una destreza y una resistencia respiratoria inusuales que lo llevan a convertirse en buzo pescador en una pequeña caleta, donde comparte faenas con los boteros y aprende a sortear las dificultades del oficio y las inclemencias de la naturaleza, y también a hacer vida de familia. Con el tiempo, se lanzará a competir en torneos de caza submarina y a lucirse en un mundial de la disciplina que se organiza en el país. Todo esto mientras, a lo lejos, se dejan sentir las agitaciones sociales que traerían los años sesenta y setenta. Tras haber desarrollado una exitosa carrera, Chungungo Martínez, tal es el nombre del protagonista de Tierra de campeones, la tercera novela de Diego Zúñiga, se enfrenta a un descubrimiento que marcará el resto de sus días y lo conducirá a una especie de desértica temporada en el infierno, una deriva tan inesperada como perturbadora."--Back cover.
- "Mid-20th century. In northern Chile, a boy learns to swim in the waters of the Loa River with his friends. He has unusual dexterity and respiratory resistance that lead him to become a fisherman diver in a small cove, where he shares tasks with the boatmen and learns to overcome the difficulties of the job and the inclemencies of nature, and also to live a family life. Over time, he will compete in underwater hunting tournaments and shine in a world championship of the discipline that is organized in the country. All this while, in the distance, the social upheavals that the sixties and seventies would bring are felt. After having developed a successful career, Chungungo Martínez, that is the name of the protagonist of Land of Champions, the third novel by Diego Zúñiga, faces a discovery that will mark the rest of his days and will lead him to a kind of desert season in hell, a drift as unexpected as it is disturbing." -- Cataloger's translation
- Contents:
- Aquí empieza el mar
- Tierra de campeones
- El valle de los meteoritos.
- ISBN:
- 9789566045472
- 9566045476
- OCLC:
- 1424472172
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