La tierra de la gran promesa
Juan Villoro

FICTION | 2021 | 408 pages

Diego González is a documentary filmmaker who talks in his sleep. He’s married to a sound engineer who tries to decipher what he says in his dreams. He moves to Barcelona, ​​but the past catches up with him like a nightmare. The visit of an old acquaintance, journalist Adalberto Anaya, upsets his recent tranquility. Anaya—who has watched Diego for years with the almost excessive attention of an admirer—blames him for having made a documentary to turn in a narco. Diego is forced to deal with this enemy who is, at the same time, his only ally.

La tierra de la gran promesa is a metaphor for contemporary Mexico. A broad reading on the interconnected webs of corruption and intimate life where truths are spoken in sleep. A reflection on the way art influences reality and reality distorts art. A novel as political as it is personal that confirms Juan Villoro as an exceptional witness of our time.

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