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Synopsis
El autor m s prestigioso de la literatura actual en espa ol regresa con una novela ambientada en su Per natal. Le dedico mi silencio narra la historia de un hombre que so un pa s unido por la m sica, y enloqueci queriendo escribir un libro perfecto que lo contara.
«El vals, nacido en los callejones de Lima, integr al Per . Aqu cuento esa historia, y con ella agradezco un secreto amor que me ha acompa ado toda la vida: el que siento por la m sica criolla y, en especial, por el vals de mi pa s . -Mario Vargas Llosa
To o Azpilcueta, experto en m sica criolla, descubre a un guitarrista virtuoso, Lalo Molfino, cuyo talento parece confirmar todas sus intuiciones: el amor profundo que siente por los valses, marineras, polkas y huaynos peruanos tiene una justificaci n social. Tal vez lo que ocurra es que la m sica criolla sea, en realidad, no s lo una se a de identidad de todo un pa s y expresi n de esa actitud tan peruana de la huachafer a («la mayor contribuci n de Per a la cultural universal , seg n To o Azpilcueta), sino algo mucho m s importante: un elemento capaz de provocar una revoluci n social, de derribar prejuicios y barreras raciales para unir al pa s entero en un abrazo fraterno y mestizo. En un pa s fracturado y asolado por la violencia de Sendero Luminoso (la novela transcurre a principios de la d cada de los noventa, en plena ofensiva terrorista), la m sica podr a ser aquello que recuerde a todos los que conforman la sociedad que, por encima de cualquier otra cosa, son hermanos y compatriotas. Y en esto, es posible que el virtuosismo de Lalo Molfino tenga mucho que ver.
To o Azpilcueta decide investigar m s sobre este guitarrista, viajar a su lugar de origen, conocer a este personaje esquivo, saber de su historia, de su familia y amores, de c mo lleg a convertirse en un m sico tan excelso. Y se propone tambi n escribir un libro donde contar la historia de la m sica criolla y desarrollar esa idea que ha inoculado en su mente el descubrimiento de este m sico extraordinario.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
The most prestigious author in Spanish literature today returns with a novel set in his native Peru. I Give You My Silence is the story of a man who dreamed of a country united by music and went mad trying to write the perfect book to tell it.
"The waltz, born in the alleyways of Lima, integrated Peru. Here I tell this story, and with it I thank a secret love that has been with me my entire life: the love I feel for Creole music, specially, for my country's waltz." --Mario Vargas Llosa
To o Azpilcueta, Creole music expert, discovers a guitar virtuoso, Lalo Molfino, whose talent seems to confirm every instinct: his profound love for Peruvian waltzes, marineras, polkas, and huaynos has social grounds. Maybe what happens is that Creole music is in fact not just a symbol of an entire country's identity and the expression of a very Peruvian attitude, huachaferia ("Peru's greatest contribution to universal culture," according to To o Azpilcueta), but something of far greater importance, an element capable of igniting a social revolution, of tearing down prejudices and social barriers to unite a country in one brotherly, mixed-race hug. In a country fractured and devastated by Sendero Luminoso's violence (the novel is set at the beginning of the nineteen-nineties, at the height of the terrorist campaign, ) music could remind society at large that they are brothers and sisters, and fellow countryfolk. And it is possible that Lalo Molfino's virtuosity has much to do with this.
To o Azpilcueta is set to investigate more about this guitar player, go to his birthplace, get to know this elusive character, learn his personal history, his family history, and his love stories, how he became such a magnificent musician. And he is also determined to write a book about Creole music and develop the idea inoculated in his mind after finding this extraordinary musician.