by Luis Sepúlveda · Planeta · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788490666968
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«Historia de una ballena blanca» is the novel by Luis Sepúlveda published by Planeta in paperback (96 pages, in Spanish).
A boy picks up a shell on a Chilean beach and hears the voice of the white whale, a mythical sperm whale that guards the waters of an island sacred to the Sea People. In her tale, the whale evokes the pact that binds her to that people and the defence of that sea against whalers, in a fable about respect for nature and memory.
Published in 2019 in the Andanzas collection, it features illustrations by Marta R. Gustems.
Aimed at readers from 8 to 88 years old, it brings the nature and culture of southern Chile closer through the voice of the white whale.
Luis Sepúlveda Calfucura was a Chilean writer and journalist. A communist militant and fervent opponent of Augusto Pinochet's regime, he was imprisoned and tortured by the military dictatorship during the 1970s. Sepúlveda authored numerous poetry books and short stories; in addition to Spanish, his mother tongue, he also spoke English, the language in which he wrote his first novel, El viejo que leía novelas de amor.
