El Hortelano De Ulba
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Resumen del Libro
El Hortelano de Ulba (Libresa, 2003) has three novellas, Sonia, El soldador de los Tropicos and El hortelano de Ulba. The three are woven with major cases of treason, jealousy, family deception, humor and plenty of irony. Cabrera, in the view of reviewers, is a master of the spoken language, and a rich game of fiction becomes a theme of its own. El hortelano, Juan, and his friend, Seferino, can not survive their close relationship. In Sonja the religious bearing of a Lutheran family in Wisconsin does not allow deviations of sin. Sin is punished even if the allegiance of the hart says no. In the nomadic live of welder of the tropics. Emmanuel, the only sure hint of live is the procreation (eighteen kids) and betrayal, and at the end a triple question hits, is this all the traveling did to you and me? Was it worth it? And Why not?
