{"product_id":"oculta-la","title":"The Hidden One","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align:center\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"I couldn't see anything underwater, even with my eyes open: a viscous, black, cold barrier, which, in my eagerness to escape, felt like a soup of oil in which my arms and legs made me advance very slowly, even if I moved them with all my strength.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis novel revolves around La Oculta, a farm hidden in the mountains of Colombia. Pilar, Eva, and Antonio Ángel are the last heirs of this land that has survived several generations of the family. There they have spent the happiest moments of their lives, but they have also had to face the siege of violence and terror, uneasiness, and flight.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThrough the voices of the three siblings, the recounting of their loves, fears, desires, and hopes, and with a dazzling landscape as a backdrop, Héctor Abad Faciolince illuminates in \u003ci\u003eLa Oculta\u003c\/i\u003e the vicissitudes of a family and a town, as well as the moment when the paradise on which they built their realities and their dreams is about to be lost.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn intimate and transgressive look at a thriving and traditionalist society, which confirms Héctor Abad as one of the great writers of current Latin American literature.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCritics have said:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A masterpiece.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNeue Zürcher Zeitung\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A thoughtful and delicate story, vividly responsive to Colombia's natural beauty as well as its slaughter.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003ctab\u003e  \u003c\/tab\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"An elegy to the fragile paradises we all must leave behind.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLe Monde\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Héctor Abad Faciolince handles autobiographical material in that loose, but truthful sense, which already made \u003ci\u003eEl olvido que seremos\u003c\/i\u003e an outstanding text. [...] For literary admiration, I highly recommend it.\"\u003cbr\u003eMarta Sanz, \u003ci\u003eBabelia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"[...] because it is well written, because it is well told, because the characters reflect life, human core, authentic daily life, and because the writer is able to cover more than a century of Colombian life.\"\u003cbr\u003eLuis Alonso Girgado, \u003ci\u003eDiario de Bergantiños\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Héctor Abad Faciolince","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43536093577464,"sku":"9788466358453","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/4897\/5608\/products\/P358453.jpg?v=1671634224","url":"https:\/\/ellector.com.pa\/es\/products\/oculta-la","provider":"Librerías El Lector Panamá","version":"1.0","type":"link"}