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Las lágrimas del sol

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Miguel arrives in Peru with Don Santiago. There, he begins the search for the mythical treasure of the Incan king, Atahualpa.

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First published December 1, 1998

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José María Merino

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José María Merino (A Coruña, 1941) residió durante muchos años en León y vive en Madrid. Comenzó escribiendo poesía y se dio a conocer como narrador en 1976 con Novela de Andrés Choz, libro con el que obtuvo el Premio Novelas y Cuentos.
Lo escurridizo de la identidad, sus conexiones con el mito, el sueño y la literatura, y muchos elementos de la tradición fantástica, caracterizan su obra narrativa.
Su novela La orilla oscura (Alfaguara, 1985) fue galardonada con el Premio de la Crítica. Además, ha recibido el Premio Nacional de Literatura Juvenil (1993), el Premio NH para libros de relatos editados (2003) y el Premio Salambó (2008). En Alfaguara ha publicado, entre otros, la trilogía novelesca Las crónicas mestizas, así como las novelas Las visiones de Lucrecia (1996), Premio Miguel Delibes de Narrativa; El heredero (2003), Premio Ramón Gómez de la Serna de Narrativa; El lugar sin culpa (2007) premio de narrativa Gonzalo Torrente Ballester, y un volumen que recoge sus libros de relatos, Historias del otro lugar (2010).
Es miembro de la Real Academia Española.

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April 17, 2015
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¨Pelayo volvio ya de noche con algo para comer y, como siempre tuvo amables palabras para mi.¨#46
Mi linea facorita es ¨Comprendi yo entonce que los sentimientos y las pasiones van por caminos tan secretos y extranos como los que siquen los rios¨ #79
Esta es mi linea favorita porque se escucha como si fuera hecha en una poesia.
Yo recomiendo este libro a las personas que le gusta leer fiction.
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October 20, 2018
2.5 de calificación

Está quizá sea la parte en la que mejor se ejemplifica la destrucción que causó la guerra entre nativos y españoles y entre los mismos españoles de distintos bandos.
Al igual que sus predecesoras esta última entrega es de lo más breve y quizá no se profundice demasiado en la historia, sin embargo creo que sirve como un atisbo general para que las personas puedan interesarse en otros textos que hablen de la conquista española de América.
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December 21, 2023
El Corazón Partido / A Heart Divided
Tears of the Sun is the third in a trilogy that tells a fictional story of a young man who is part Spanish and part Native South American during the time of the Spanish conquests of the region. It is one of the 'Read in Spanish' graded readers at level 4. The first book, The Gold of Dreams, was not too difficult, though it was my first in Level 4. But, the second book, The Land That Time Forgot, began to present more challenge. Here in the third book, my fluency dropped a bit, and I struggled more.

Not only was the reading level laborious, but the subject matter became a bit painful to read. Phrases and sometimes passages are beautiful and heart-rending, as simple as a graded reader may be. The story carries a lot of emotional weight. Greed and genocide do not make easy reading, because this is historical fiction based on fact. It is well written.

I have been pushing my Spanish vocabulary forward over the preceding months of this year. This set requires a reading vocabulary of upwards of 1500 words. In going through my two sets of Basic and advanced flash cards (1,000 high frequency words each, I have a recognition mastery of about 1200-1300 words currently. But, those are just the most frequently used words in the language. These books are on a more targeted set of vocabulary that is less frequently used today. So it requires re-reading paragraphs quite often to understand what I've read on this level. In other words. This book is a bit of a climb from the earlier books. I will need to re-read lower level books for more practice before re-reading this and moving on into Level five. I feel a bit like I am treading water.
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