by Alejandro Hernández · Salto De Pagina · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788493635459
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«Oro ciego» is the historical novel by Alejandro Hernández, published by Salto de Página in paperback (384 pages, in Spanish).
Alex Pashinantra, a cook and mambí soldier of Hindu descent, escapes a firing squad when the end of the war in Cuba is announced in 1898. Spain has lost its last colony and US troops occupy the island. In that chaos, Alex pursues a Cuban gold treasure and meets Gador, a woman seeking a ship to escape. The adventure leads him to dodge death, trust the enemy, and relive his childhood.
The novel belongs to Salto de Página's Colección Púrpura, where it is number 16. Spanish edition, 384 pages in paperback, originally published in 2009.
For readers of historical fiction set during the Spanish-Cuban war and adventure narratives with a colonial backdrop.
Alejandro Manrique Hernández Reinoso is a Venezuelan filmmaker. He achieved popularity in Latin America thanks to The Alejandro Hernández Show, a comedy web series which satirizes Venezuelan and Hispanic culture. Most of the content is in Spanish, although some sketches are recorded in English. Since 2009, his videos have reached a total of over 8 million views, which includes only those on his YouTube account. In 2011 Hernández signed a contract with PlanetaUrbe.Tv. Since then, all of his episodes were uploaded to PlanetaUrbe's website instead of YouTube. After the contract ended, he returned to YouTube through elmostacho.com. Hernández is currently at number 148 on the most followed Twitter users in Venezuela, and is the most followed user in the state of Zulia. He won the Celebrity award at the 2011 Twitter Awards held by El Nacional.
