El tiempo de la Tortuga

An account of what life might be like for those left behind when millions vanish in the rapture of Christians.

Esta es una historia a dos voces que, desde Medellín y Bogotá, crea una visión al tiempo brutal y tierna, borracha y lúcida, sobre la juventud, la amistad, las drogas y la Colombia de la segunda década de los 2000. Como una trenza, ambos relatos se anudan, se sueltan y se vuelven a encontrar para contar los últimos días de Piragua y lo que esa ausencia estalla en el mundo de Polas, quien no alcanza a resolver cómo puede seguir viendo a Piragua en las mismas calles que hace unos meses lo despidieron.

The Guatemalan writer and researcher, who served as editor at Inforpress Centroamericana and as a consultant for organizations such as the Inter-American Development Bank, the International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development, the Lutheran World Federation, and USAID, presents her rich, very modernistic, syntax and punctuation-free verse.

This eBook has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Lucy Snowe is a 14-year-old girl staying at the home of her godmother Mrs. Bretton in the clean and ancient town of Bretton. Also in residence are Mrs. Bretton's son, John Graham, and Polly, a peculiar little girl whose visit is cut short when her father arrives to take her away. Soon after Polly's departure Lucy leaves Mrs. Bretton's home and moves on. Some years pass, during which a family tragedy leaves Lucy without family, home, or means. Lucy travels from her native England to...