by Orson Scott Card · EDB FICCION · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788440681195
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In the not-too-distant future, a group of scientists and historians study the past with a time-traveling observation machine. Their world is tragic, with a reduced human population after wars and disasters. While trying to renew the planet, specialists seek the causes of their present. One day, while contemplating the slaughter of the Caribbean tribes by the Spaniards led by Christopher Columbus, the observer Tagiri discovers that a woman she is studying also sees her, interpreting this image as a message from the gods. Could the past be altered? Would it be correct for a small group of observers to act in such a way that, if successful, it would make a timeline disappear, even if it were their own? Would their action be justified if, thanks to her, the death of the entire planet were avoided? A brilliant and emotional disquisition on time and its paradoxes and, very especially, on the meaning of history and human responsibility, on the colonization of America, slavery and human sacrifices. A surprising and unforgettable review of history, narrated with the usual mastery of the author of Ender's Game.
Orson Scott Card is an American writer known best for his science fiction works. As of 2024, he is the only person to have won a Hugo Award and a Nebula Award in consecutive years, winning both awards for his novel Ender's Game (1985) and its sequel Speaker for the Dead (1986). A feature film adaptation of Ender's Game, which Card coproduced, was released in 2013. Card also wrote the Locus Fantasy Award-winning series The Tales of Alvin Maker (1987–2003). Card's fiction often features characters with exceptional gifts who make difficult choices with high stakes. Card has also written political, religious, and social commentary in his columns and other writing; he has provoked controversy and criticism for his public opposition to homosexuality.
