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Mural (Spanish Edition)
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Mural (Spanish Edition) - Paperback

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by Ricardo Silva Romero (Author)

Entre las memorias personales, la novela y el relato histórico, este libro demoledor retrata uno de los acontecimientos más emblemáticos de los años recientes en Colombia.

El miércoles 6 de noviembre de 1985, la guerrilla del M-19 se tomó a sangre y fuego el Palacio de Justicia, sede de las Cortes colombianas que se jugaban la vida por las leyes. La respuesta de las fuerzas armadas fue retomar el lugar a toda costa, y el resultado es uno de los episodios más salvajes y trágicos de la historia reciente de Colombia.

Este Mural nos hace testigos de primera mano de las nostálgicas imágenes del Palacio de Justicia antes de convertirse en una ruina funesta. Y luego, gracias a la mirada luminosa y compasiva de Ricardo Silva Romero, somos espectadores de la miseria, el horror, la deshonra, pero también de la humanidad, la misericordia y la cordura perdidas en la toma. Mural logra con maestría ejecutar la magia de la ficción: llenar de vida a sus personajes a pesar de la muerte, plantarnos en el lugar mundano de las deficiencias y los errores, devolvernos a la gracia de reconocer los matices en todos los hechos y todas las personas, reivindicar la experiencia de volver a contar lo sucedido a la luz de la imaginación.

"Y jamás dejará de sonar inverosímil, pero la humillación, un trauma que engendra traumas, se encuentra detrás de las guerras más desquiciadas, más apocalípticas que hayan desfigurado este mundo".

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Blending personal memoir, novel, and historical account, this powerful book portrays one of the most emblematic and devastating events in Colombia's recent history.

On Wednesday, November 6, 1985, the M-19 guerrilla stormed the courthouse--the seat of Colombia's highest courts, where they put their lives at stake for the law--in a bloody takeover. The armed forces responded by retaking the building at all costs, which resulted in one of the most savage and tragic episodes in the country's modern history.

Mural allows us to witness firsthand the haunting images of the courthouse before it became a dismal ruin. And after, through the luminous and compassionate gaze of Ricardo Silva Romero, we become spectators of misery, horror, and disgrace--but also of the humanity, mercy, and reason lost amid the chaos. With a masterful control of the magic of fiction, Mural breathes life into its characters despite death, places us in the flawed and fragile realm of human shortcomings and errors, restores our ability to perceive nuance in every act and every person, and reclaims the power of imagination to retell what happened.

"And it will never cease to sound implausible, but humiliation--a trauma that breeds more traumas--lies behind the most deranged, most apocalyptic wars that have ever disfigured this world."

Author Biography

Ricardo Silva Romero. Nació en Bogotá en 1975. Es autor de las novelas Relato de Navidad en La Gran Vía, Walkman, Tic, Parece que va a llover, Fin, El hombre de los mil nombres, En orden de estatura, Autogol, Érase una vez en Colombia -compuesta por Comedia romántica y El Espantapájaros-, El libro de la envidia, Historia oficial del amor, Todo va a estar bien, Cómo perderlo todo (ganadora del V Premio Biblioteca de Narrativa Colombiana), Río Muerto, Zoológico humano, Cómo vivir en vano, El libro del duelo y Alpe d'Huez. Su obra la completan un libro de ensayos sobre la ficción titulado Ficcionario, la obra de teatro Domingo, dos colecciones de relatos, dos poemarios, una conversación escrita con Alejandro Gaviria -El arte de no enloquecer-, un par de libros sin género y la página de internet www.ricardosilvaromero.com. Es columnista del diario El Tiempo

Number of Pages: 424
Dimensions: 1.03 x 9.38 x 5.68 IN
Publication Date: April 07, 2026

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