El cielo con las manos

Synopsis of El cielo con las manos

El cielo con las manos is a mythical novel by Mempo Giardinelli that narrates two central themes of his narrative: love and exile. The erotic experiences, fears and desires of youth of a 13-year-old provincial boy are revived in the distance in Mexican exile and from the memory that idealizes the time of childhood. As an adult, journalist, exiled by the military coup of '76, the protagonist survives the bitterness and meaninglessness of his days thanks to the illusion of meeting Aurora again. In the midst of the memory of friends, dreams, the presence of the woman appears as a dream and an escape. The long-awaited reunion demystifies that longed-for "touching the sky with your hands" and leaves the hands empty of projects and full of incomprehension.