Ra?z Que No Desaparece / A Root That Doesn’t Disappear

«Ada est? hu?rfana de hijo, ese terror que parece que solo puede tener casa en la palabra locura.

Cuando Marcos era peque?o le dejaba cartas a su madre antes de ir a la escuela. Ahora se aparece en sus sue?os, porque le quiere contar a qu? lugar lo llevaron… cuando lo desaparecieron. Ada est? en una carrera contra el tiempo, porque teme morir antes de encontrarlo, pero de una cosa est? segura: tiene que buscarlo en un ?rbol.

En el coraz?n de la ciudad, cortaron la palmera y en su lugar sembraron un ahuehuete que ha muerto por razones extra?as. Y la escritora quiere escribir sobre eso, denunciarlo. As? es como se cruza en el camino de Ada y de otras madres buscadoras que tambi?n sue?an d?nde est?n sus hijos. Y aunque la fiscal?a quiere enterrar los expedientes de los sue?os, esas coordenadas indican a d?nde fueron los desaparecidos con una precisi?n inexplicable. Los ?rboles lo ven todo. Testigos de la muerte que se acumula en sus ra?ces a manera de fosas clandestinas, y que se manifiesta en sus troncos y hojas, se convertir?n en traductores de la b?squeda, en interlocutores entre la memoria, la ausencia y la esperanza. Y si lo que ha sido silenciado estuviera hablando a trav?s de los ?rboles?

Alma Delia Murillo narra la tragedia colectiva de nuestros desaparecidos y lo hace con indignaci?n y dolor, pero tambi?n con amor, lucidez y un humor vital que empuja a seguir leyendo

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

“Ada has lost her son, a horror that can be best described with the word madness.”

When Marcos was little, he used to leave notes for his mother before he left for school. Now he appears in her dreams, trying to tell her where he was taken … when he disappeared. Ada is in a race against time, afraid that she will die before she finds him. She is sure of just one thing: the answer lies in a tree.

In the heart of the city, a palm tree was cut down and a cypress planted in its place, but for some reason it died. Seeing a possible story, the author investigates. This how she meets Ada and other mothers who see their lost children in their dreams. The state prosecutor wants to bury their testimony, but the coordinates revealed to them by their subconscious are eerily precise. The trees see all. With roots stretching down to unmarked graves, bearing witness to the dead in their trunks and leaves, they become the interpreters of the women’s search, interlocutors between memory, absence and hope. What if those who were silenced are speaking through the trees?

Alma Delia Murillo narrates the collective tragedy of the disappeared in an account marked by indignation and pain, but also love, lucidity, and a vital humor that elevates its pages.

Author: Alma Delia Murillo
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Alfaguara
Published: 11/18/2025
Pages: 216
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 9.38h x 5.76w x 0.56d
ISBN: 9786073861267
Language: Spanish