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El Metal Y La Escoria ( Novela) / Metal and Dross (a Novel)

By (author) Gonzalo Celorio

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Una narraciÃ³n deslumbrante que logra reconstruir con las armas de la literatura el itinerario de una familia que encarna como pocas la historia reciente de MÃ©xico. En 1874, Emeterio decide emigrar a MÃ©xico en busca de fortuna, y se despide de sus padres en una perdida aldea de Asturias. En MÃ©xico, su trayectoria le llevarÃ¡ de mozo de tienda, que duerme bajo el mostrador, a dueÃ±o de un emporio de establecimientos de bebidas alcohÃ³licas. Pero sus esfuerzos exitosos en los negocios no se verÃ¡n recompensados por la labor de sus hijos, que despilfarrarÃ¡n la fortuna en una vida disipada con continuos viajes a Madrid, ni por sus hijas, condenadas a un papel secundario en una sociedad machista. Cuando uno de sus nietos, en la tercera generaciÃ³n, retome la iniciativa econÃ³mica tendrÃ¡ que enfrentarse con una amenaza inesperada y devastadora: la pÃ©rdida de la memoria. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION A dazzling narrative that reconstructs, through the power of literature, the journey of a family that embodies Mexico's recent history like few others. In 1874, Emeterio decides to emigrate to Mexico in search of fortune, bidding farewell to his parents in a remote village in Asturias. In Mexico, his path takes him from shop boy, sleeping under the counter, to owner of a thriving chain of liquor establishments. But his successful efforts in business will not be rewarded by the work of his children, who squander the fortune in a dissipated life of constant trips to Madrid, nor by his daughters, condemned to secondary roles in a patriarchal society. When one of his grandsons, in the third generation, resumes the economic initiative, he will have to face an unexpected and devastating threat: the loss of memory.