by Álvaro Mutis · Grupo Editorial Norma · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789580415060
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La Nieve del Almirante (1986) is the first novel with which Álvaro Mutis begins the saga of Maqroll el Gaviero, an old wandering sailor who travels through the most remote ports and seas. Maqroll acts as the author's alter ego, expressing his deepest and darkest feelings, as well as the moods of his entire being. In this story, Maqroll enters an imaginary river, the Xurandó, and crosses the jungle accompanied by the indelible memory of Flor Estévez and a book that narrates the death of the Duke of Orleans. His entire journey, in pursuit of an uncertain end, is a subtle lesson in life and death in which hopelessness underlies.
