Caminos a Oniria

Una colección de cuentos escritos con belleza deslumbrante, con humor, soberana gracia y originalidad gozosa que cubren el arco de casi toda una vida.

Mi vestido verde esmeralda by Alister Ramirez Marquez recounts the life story of Clara, born poor in isolated, rural Colombia in 1900, who makes her way, after a mythic journey through forests, mountains and swamps to the western region of the Quindio, to the city of Armenia, now the heart of coffee and banana production. This remarkable novel, first published in 2003, is the tale of Clara's adventurous journey and subsequent rise to prosperity as the owner of a farm and restaurant and mother of six, ending with years of political strife and the dissolution of her family. The novel provides...

Los marineros creyeron que habían encontrado el Edén. Pero no era un Edén creado por Dios, sino por las manos de las mujeres... Abie vuelve a África para reclamar una herencia que su abuelo le legó al morir: los cafetales en los que solía jugar de niña en la aldea ancestral. Pero además le aguarda el caudal de un tesoro aún más grande, el de los recuerdos de sus tías, las hijas de cuatro de las once esposas de su abuelo, un rico patriarca guerrero. Un acervo de relatos orales, de experiencias temibles y placeres inigualables vividos por varias generaciones de mujeres en un...

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