Los muchachos de García

by Camilo Molina

Un hombre le confiesa a su padre un crimen atroz; una mujer, en el centro de Bogotá, galopa sin rumbo con sus manos bañadas en sangre; un joven cava un túnel hasta la bóveda de un banco repleta de millones; una maestra busca escapar de la violencia en las minas de oro del Oriente; una pareja es separada para siempre por la crueldad del Río Bravo; una familia es aplastada de repente por una fatalidad.



En Los muchachos de García, un periodista relata el momento crucial en la vida de mujeres y hombres de veinte rincones colombianos; historias tejidas con testimonios y evidencias que hasta ahora permanecían en el anonimato.

214 pages, Paperback

Published September 27, 2019

Reviews

[Kristine · Rating 5 out of 5]

EXCEPTIONAL first collection of stories by a brilliant young Colombian author with a unique framework: As a journalist and photographer, Molina began asking his subjects to tell him the stories of the lives that led to the moments he was recording in images and news stories. He then used those as starting points for longer chronicles that blended the real details of individuals' circumstances with broader context of Colombian life, particularly in rural areas affected by narcotraffickers and the risks they inflict on innocent people. His eye for the tiny details - clothing, household objects, a gesture, a glance - that say everything about who a person is and what they might be capable of surely comes from his experience with photographic images. The prose he creates to weave stories of love, family, danger, survival, unspeakable cruelty and occasional kindness - surely that came from the gods themselves.