La Tierra de la Gran Promesa / The Land of Great Promise

Diego Gonz嫮ez es un documentalista que habla dormido. Est?casado con una sonidista que trata de descifrar lo que dice en sue隳s. Se muda a Barcelona, pero el pasado lo alcanza como una pesadilla. La visita de un viejo conocido, el periodista Adalberto Anaya, trastoca su reciente tranquilidad. Anaya -quien ha vigilado a Diego durante a隳s con la atenci鏮 casi desmedida de un admirador- lo culpa de haber hecho un documental para entregar a un narco. Diego se ve obligado a lidiar con este enemigo que es, al mismo tiempo, su ico aliado. La tierra de la gran promesa es una met塻ora del M憖ico contempor嫕eo. Una lectura amplia sobre las entretelas de la corrupci鏮 y la vida 璯tima donde las verdades se pronuncian al dormir. Una reflexi鏮 sobre la forma en que el arte influye en la realidad y en que la realidad distorsiona al arte. Una novela tan pol癃ica como personal que mantiene a Juan Villoro como un testigo excepcional de nuestro tiempo.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

'Juan Villloro's stories have that rare power not to look out into the abyss but to remain on the edge of the abyss for a long time, swaying and therefore making us, his readers, sway with movements that arise from sleep or perhaps from extreme lucidity.' Roberto Bola隳

Diego Gonz嫮ez is a documentary filmmaker who talks in his sleep. He's married to a sound engineer who tries to decipher what he says in his dreams. He moves to Barcelona, ​​but the past catches up with him like a nightmare. The visit of an old acquaintance, the journalist Adalberto Anaya, upsets his recent tranquility. Anaya - who has watched Diego for years with the almost excessive attention of an admirer - blames him for having made a documentary to give to a narco. Diego is forced to deal with this enemy who is, at the same time, his only ally. The Land of Great Promise is a metaphor for contemporary Mexico. A broad reading on the interweaving of corruption and intimate life where truths are spoken in sleep. A reflection on the way in which art influences reality and in which reality distorts art. A novel as political as it is personal that maintains Juan Villoro as an exceptional witness of our time.