El edificio

by Jairo Buitrago, Daniel Rabanal

El relojero Levin llega a Bogotá en 1938 a intalarse en un pequeño edificio. Allí conoce a la señora Blanca, y durante las siguientes décadas asisten juntos al cambio de la ciudad y de los vecinos. En los años ochenta llega un nuevo inquilino, un pequeño niño, que alterará la vida en el edificio.Mr. Levin comes to Bogota in 1938 to open up a watch shop in a small building in a modest neighborhood. His neighbor is Mrs. Blanca, a school teacher. This amazingly detailed picture book shows the passage of time over the ensuing decades as these two characters age and the neighborhood changes. In the 1980s, a young boy named Ivan moves into one of the floors with his family and life in the building takes on a completely different hue.

Genres: Spanish Literature

Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 2015

About the author

Jairo Buitrago lives in Mexico City and is the author of Jimmy the Greatest, Two White Rabbits, Walk with Me, Cave Paintings, among others—all of which have earned many starred reviews. His most recent books are Wounded Falcons and Drawing Outdoors.

Reviews

[Margot Note]

I woke up crying and prayed for the recent North Korean soldier defector, then I read this book and cried again. There's something evocative about how the book is drawn, and because my Spanish isn't the best, I had to concentrate on each word. Now I feel kind of happy/sad.