Rivera de Las Piedras

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Una soleada mañana de enero de 1833, por uno de los canales al sur de la Tierra del Fuego un buque inglés navega junto a un bote más pequeño. Los nativos de la zona, mediante gritos y humo, rápidamente se comunican entre sí la novedad y comienzan a aparecer decenas de canoas con cientos de ellos para observar la extraña aparición. Curiosos y amigables la mayoría, algo agresivos otros, observan el bote más pequeño que acerca a la orilla a tres fueguinos (dos varones y una mujer) que regresan a su tierra luego de haber pasado casi un año en Londres. Para sorpresa de los compatriotas ...

Avatares de uno de los últimos empresarios de la industria del tabaco puertorriqueña, en que el drama familiar se une a los efectos de una macroeconomía signada por el avance avasallador de la modernización. Relatada a partir de cartas familiares, el estudio de una impresionante masa documental de la época, su autora, nieta de aquel personaje de fábula, nos ofrece en este libro un inolvidable, nuevo y criollo relato sobre héroes ... y tumbas.

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