Remembering his childhood, Miguel tells of a wooden statue the size of a man, carved by a musical instrument maker before his death, so the people of Itape decided to place it at the top of the hill, so that it would become a landmark of the village. Massive events and wars take place, and the novel branches out to narrate the events of two decades of Paraguayan history, before returning to that hill with its steadfast statue, which has become very symbolic.
Rua Bastos shows history from the perspective of ordinary people, poignantly depicting their attempts to rebel against authority, revealing the brutality of the ironies of history when these people are forced to kill and die in senseless wars that they fight while standing with the very authority against which they rebel.
Using a linear sequence in narrating the events of his novel, and painting a huge mural about Paraguay, Rua Bastos writes, in a tight plot, his novel, which the great Argentine writer Borges said was one of America’s best novels...
Candles extinguished by fate
A book that tells true stories of young people who lost their youth and mothers who suffered the pain of loss and separation.
A book that teaches us how to overcome our sorrows and be content with God’s decrees.
تدعونا عملية الحضور إلى أن نطمح إلى "استجابة عاطفية واعية" باعتبارها أسلوب حياة. إنّ قراءة وتطبيق الإجراءات البسيطة الموجودة في هذا الكتاب تجعل من المُمكن لأيّ شخص .
