Del ganador del premio Biblioteca Breve con En busca de Klingsor, y del premio Alfaguara con Una novela criminal, regresa con ésta, su novela más íntima.
Lucía pertenece a un equipo de investigación, interdisciplinario, enfocado en estudiar el comportamiento humano, las motivaciones del mismo y sus consecuencias. Gabriel, el director del equipo, los ha convencido de ir a la frontera sur para estudiar el caso de una chica de 12 años asesinada, apuñalada, por su prima de la misma edad y el amigo/novio de ambas, y en presencia de dos pequeños testigos de 8 y 10 años. El caso les genera fascinación por distintas razones y sienten que pueden hacer una diferencia con su investigación. Recién están arrancando los acercamientos a los padres, las entrevistas con los chicos, el intercambio de teorías cuando Gabriel sufre un accidente automovilístico y muere. Tras su muerte, Lucía comienza a descubrir secretos oscuros de ese científico, amigo, protector, mentor, que la hacen pensar que el Gabriel que creyó conocer nunca existió.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTIONThe winner of the Biblioteca Breve Prize, with In Search ofKlingsor, and the Alfaguara Award, with A CrimeNovel, Jorge Volpi returns with this, his most intimate novel so far.
Lucía is part of an interdisciplinary research team focused in studying human behavior, its motivations,and consequences. Gabriel, head of the team, has convinced them to goto the South border andstudy the case of a murdered twelve-year-old girl, stabbed by her cousin of the same age and the friend/boyfriend of them both, in the presence of two young witnesses, one eight and the other ten years of age. They find the case fascinatingfor several reasons, and they feel their research might make a difference.When they just begun approaching the parents, interviewing the kids, and interchanging theories, Gabriel dies in a car crash. After his death, Lucía discovers some dark secretspertaining this scientist, friend, protector, and mentor, making her believe the Gabriel she thought she knew never truly existed.
"Lucâia is part of an interdisciplinary research team focused in studying human behavior, its motivations, and consequences. Gabriel, head of the team, has convinced them to go to the South border and study the case of a murdered twelve-year-old girl, stabbed by her cousin of the same age and the friend/boyfriend of them both, in the presence of two young witnesses, one eight and the other ten years of age. They find the case fascinating for several reasons, and they feel their research might make a difference. When they just begun approaching the parents, interviewing the kids, and interchanging theories, Gabriel dies in a car crash. After his death, Lucâia discovers some dark secrets pertaining [to] this scientist, friend, protector, and mentor, making her believe the Gabriel she thought she knew never truly existed."--English translation of the Spanish summary.
