La obra
maestra de David Grossman, autor galardonado con el Man Booker International
Prize 2017.A las cinco de la manana los soldados pueden llamar a tu
puerta para comunicar lo que ya temias: tu hijo ha muerto defendiendo la
tierra de Israel. Para ahuyentar esta visita, Ora, una mujer madura que ha
tropezado mas de una vez con el dolor, decide dejar su hogar y andar sin
rumbo por los campos que rodean Jerusalen. Intuye que, mientras ella camine,
su hijo Ofer, enrolado como voluntario en el ejercito, estara a
salvo.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

In this
stunning, bestselling novel-and an NBCC Award finalist-David Grossman tells
the powerful story of a mother’s love for her son.

Just before his release
from service in the Israeli army, Ora’s son Ofer is sent back to the front
for a major offensive. In a fit of preemptive grief and magical thinking, so
that no bad news can reach her, Ora sets out on an epic hike in the Galilee.
She is joined by an unlikely companion-Avram, a former friend and lover with
a troubled past-and as they sleep out in the hills, Ora begins to conjure her
son. Ofer’s story, as told by Ora, becomes a surprising balm both for her and
for Avram-and a mother’s haunting meditation on war and family.