by María Amparo Escandón · Robert Laffont · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782221089576
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«Esperanza et ses saints» is the novel by María Amparo Escandón, published by Robert Laffont in paperback (257 pages, in French).
After the death of her daughter, Esperanza receives a vision of Saint Jude Thaddeus, who assures her that the girl is still alive. Convinced she has been kidnapped, she leaves her village and travels to Tijuana and Los Angeles, where she finds a world of exploitation and violence. The journey is a spiritual initiation that pits faith and tradition against modern cynicism.
First novel by María Amparo Escandón, published in 1999; the author also wrote the screenplay for the film adaptation of the novel.
For readers of contemporary Latin American fiction and stories with magical realism, popular faith, and characters marked by loss.
