by John Boyne · Salamandra · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788498389913
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«Las huellas del silencio» is the novel by John Boyne, published by Salamandra in paperback (400 pages, in Spanish).
Ireland, 1970. After a family tragedy, young Odran Yates enters the seminary at Clonliffe and is ordained a priest. Four decades later, the sexual abuse scandals shaking the Irish Catholic Church fracture his faith and force him to confront his own complicity and the demons of the past.
The book belongs to the Salamandra Narrativa collection. The work was originally published in English as «A History of Loneliness».
Recommended for readers of literary fiction interested in contemporary Irish narrative and in themes of guilt, faith, and historical memory.
John Boyne is an Irish novelist and writer. He is the author of sixteen novels for adults, six novels for younger readers, two novellas, and one collection of short stories. Boyne's historical novel The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2006) received critical acclaim and was adapted into a 2008 drama film of the same name. As of 2022, the book has sold more than 11 million copies worldwide and has been translated into over 58 languages, making it one of the best-selling books of all time. A sequel, titled All the Broken Places, was published in 2022.
