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Primera edición. |
| Description |
209 pages ; 21 cm |
| Summary |
"En su casa modesta a las afueras de la ciudad, el expresidente de un país latinoamericano anónimo recibe a una periodista en su famoso jardín, para discutir su legado y las circunstancias funestas que amenazan a la democracia en todo el mundo. A él lo conocían como el Presidente Más Pobre del Mundo, y su reputación es mítica: fue guerrillero y lo encarcelaron por incitar a la revolución antes de convertirse en la imagen de la justicia, los derechos humanos y el altruismo para su país. Ahora, mientras habla con la periodista, se pregunta si debería revelarle el extraño secreto de su encarcelamiento: mientras lo tenían en un confinamiento solitario brutal, sobrevivió, en parte, discutiendo sobre la revolución, la búsqueda de la dignidad y qué significa amar a un país con la única criatura que le contestaba: una rana insolente. Tan cautivadora como innovadora, vívida, conmovedora y llena de ingenio y humor, El presidente y la rana explora la resiliencia de la naturaleza humana y lo que es posible cuando el peligro se cierne sobre nosotros. Mientras nos transporta entre una lúgubre celda y el exuberante jardín del presidente, el relato atraviesa todas las fronteras y nos invita a pensar desde cero qué significa gobernar, atreverse a hacer las cosas y soñar."-- Provided by Amazon. |
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"At his modest home on the edge of town, the former president of an unnamed Latin American country receives a journalist in his famed gardens to discuss his legacy and the dire circumstances that threaten democracy around the globe. Once known as the Poorest President in the World, his reputation is the stuff of myth: a former guerilla who was jailed for inciting revolution before becoming the face of justice, human rights, and selflessness for his nation. Now, as he talks to the journalist, he wonders if he should reveal the strange secret of his imprisonment: while held in brutal solitary confinement, he survived, in part, by discussing revolution, the quest for dignity, and what it means to love a country, with the only creature who ever spoke back--a loud-mouth frog. As engrossing as it is innovative, vivid, moving, and full of wit and humor, The President and the Frog explores the resilience of the human spirit and what is possible when danger looms. Ferrying us between a grim jail cell and the president's lush gardens, the tale reaches beyond all borders and invites us to reimagine what it means to lead, to dare, and to dream."-- Provided by Amazon. |
| Original Version |
Originally published in English. The president and the frog. Alfred A. Knopf, 2021. |
| Language |
In Spanish. |
| Subject |
Leadership -- Fiction.
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Resilience (Personality trait) -- Fiction.
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Human rights -- Fiction.
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Ex-presidents -- South America -- Fiction.
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Political prisoners -- Fiction.
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Frogs -- Fiction.
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Liderazgo -- Novela.
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Presidentes -- Novela.
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Derechos humanos.
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Presos políticos -- Novela.
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Ranas -- Novela.
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Ex-presidents. (OCoLC)fst00917463
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Frogs. (OCoLC)fst00935308
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Human rights. (OCoLC)fst00963285
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Leadership. (OCoLC)fst00994701
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Resilience (Personality trait) (OCoLC)fst01095573
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South America. (OCoLC)fst01244515
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| Genre/Form |
Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
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Novels.
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| Added Author |
López Araiza Bravo, Hugo, translator.
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| Added Title |
President and the frog. Spanish
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| Translation Of: |
Translation of: De Robertis, Carolina, President and the frog. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2021 9780593318416 (DLC) 2020028324 (OCoLC)1161996472 |
| ISBN |
9781644734506 (paperback) |
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1644734508 (paperback) |
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