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ESPAOL: La mansin del olvido / Mario Bencastro Luego de sus triunfos internacionales logrados con Disparo en la catedral, Odisea del Norte y Paraso porttil, Mario Bencastro nos entrega la novela pica La mansin del olvido. Armando, el protagonista, regresa a Ausolia despus de dos dcadas de ausencia, con el objetivo de rescatar la memoria de su familia difunta cuyo paradero desconoce. La obra transcurre entre el reencuentro con lo familiar que yace doblemente sepultado: en el propio recuerdo y bajo la tierra. Ausolia es un pueblo conformado por dos comunidades: las familias acaudaladas que residen en las mansiones del centro y los habitantes de los barrios marginales. Dos mbitos con sus propias realidades, protagonistas y leyendas, unidos por una red de lazos consanguneos.
About the Author
Award Winner: La mansión del olvido by Mario Bencastro - International Latino Book Awards USA 2016, for "Best Historical Fiction Novel in Spanish" and featured by Library Journal as "Starred Title - Essential Purchase For All Library Collections." A native of El Salvador, Mario Bencastro is a novelist, playwright and painter. He took up the brush and canvas as the first outlet for his artistic expression, which garnered him remarkable success from an early age, with his works gracing the walls of major galleries in Latin America, the United States and Europe. The social and political drama unfolding in his land of birth compelled him to write the novel A Shot in the Cathedral (1996) , a Finalist in the International Diana y Novedades Literary Prize in Mexico. Other works include: Odyssey to the North (1999) , a Finalist in the Independent Publishers Awards, A Promise to Keep (2005) , Portable Paradise (2010) , Waves of the East River (2017) .
