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La enfermedad [Disease]

By: Alberto Barrera Tyzska
Narrated by: Jesús Manuel Rois Frey
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Summary

Ernesto Durán sabe que está enfermo. Aunque los resultados clínicos digan lo contrario, desde que se ha separado de su mujer y vive solo, padece todos los síntomas de un mal que, según sospecha, puede ser mortal. Su obsesión va más allá de la mera hipocondría, y tiene la certeza de que sólo hay un médico que puede salvarlo. Pero el elegido, el doctor Javier Miranda, en esos mismos momentos se enfrenta a una tragedia personal: un diagnóstico irrefutable que señala que su padre tiene cáncer, y le quedan pocas semanas por vivir. Mientras Durán necesita desesperadamente hablar de su caso y de él mismo, el doctor Miranda se siente rehén del silencio, es incapaz de hacer con su padre lo que siempre ha hecho con sus pacientes: decir la verdad. La vivencia de la enfermedad en estas dos personas que ocupan posiciones tan distintas, el médico que sabe acerca de la vida y de la muerte y no quiere o no puede hablar, y el enfermo de angustia que sólo sabe que su sufrimiento no le deja vivir, es la columna vertebral que sostiene a esta hermosa novela, madura, adulta, reflexiva y refinada, que nos susurra desde su primera página algo que está en nuestra naturaleza: vivir mata. Un libro notable, escrito en un registro inusual en nuestra lengua, que mezcla lo profundo con lo veloz, que apela a las emociones pero también a la inteligencia del lector. Desde distintas historias, conmovedoras, tiernas, divertidas y trágicas, Alberto Barrera Tyszka nos propone una versión de la existencia que asume todos sus goces, pero también su fragilidad.

Please note: This audiobook is in Spanish.

©2007 Alberto Barrera Tyzska (P)2011 Editorial Libervox SL

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Probably the best I've ever read

I mean probably the best Latin-American book I've ever read. This is why I read it for the third time. Written with immense wisdom and comprehension, cleverly paced, very readable and enjoyable, La enfermedad gives you a clear view on dying and being ill. What a pity audiomol doesn't release other novels from Tyzska! The only irritating point is the overdose of quotations, but if you take them as parts of an essay novel, they fit all right into the texture. Well, this was a surprising discovery from the far, far Venezuela... Congratulations!
Highly recommended, language level between intermediate and upper with some local words. Fantastic!

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