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by Hernán Rivera Letelier · ALFAGUARA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420423593
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La historia de María Margarita, una niña con el don de contar películas de una manera única. Cuando llegan películas de Marilyn Monroe, Gary Cooper o Charlton Heston al pueblo, su familia reúne el dinero justo para que ella vaya a verlas. Al regresar del cine, María Margarita debe contar la película a su padre y sus hermanos, y pronto se convierte en la mejor contadora de películas del lugar, narrando las historias con tal detalle que parece que fueran en tecnicolor y cinemascope. A través de las peripecias de esta niña, Hernán Rivera Letelier narra la historia mágica de los cines en la pampa, en tiempos de esplendor y decadencia. Una novela que es un homenaje al arte de narrar historias y a la magia del cine.
Hernán Rivera Letelier is a Chilean novelist. Until the age of 11 he lived in the Algorta saltpeter mining town, in the north of Chile. When it was closed down, he and his family moved to Antofagasta, where his mother died. His siblings went to live with his aunts. He stayed in Antofagasta, alone, until he was about 11. To survive, he sold newspapers. Later he worked as a messenger for Anglo Lautaro Nirate Company, until his thirst for adventure led him to spend three years traveling in Chile, Bolivia, Perú, Ecuador and Argentina. He returned to Antofagasta in 1973 and began to work at another company, Mantos Blancos. He married a 17-year-old girl when he was 24. Later he left for Pedro de Valdivia, another saltpeter mining town. He completed his seventh and eighth years of study at night school, and at the Inacap educational institute he earned his license as a secondary education instructor. Today he lives in Antofagasta with his wife and four children. He has received the Premio Consejo Nacional de Libro twice, in 1994 and 1996. His novel El arte de la resurrección won the Premio Alfaguara de Novela in Spain in 2010.
