Vírgenes Y Toxicómanos / Virgins and Addicts - by Mario Mendoza (Paperback)

About the Book

"Anton Echeverry, an exemplary father and a human rights advocate, spirals into a deep crisis after the sudden and strange death of his wife. His world collapses, and the only thing preventing him from falling into complete despair is his son Martâin, a brilliant sociology student who was left disabled after an accident years earlier. One day, Anton overhears a conversation between Martâin and his best friend, a fellow university student and the son of a politician who uses crutches due to polio, in which they say they are God's sadness. Struck by these words, Anton devises a bold plan to help his son. What follows will affect Martâin and everyone around him far beyond what Anton ever imagined. An unexpected event will turn everything upside down and plunge the troubled father into unreality and delirium. In this story, nothing is what it seems."--

Book Synopsis

Vírgenes y toxicómanos es una de las novelas más desconcertantes y misteriosas escritas por Mario Mendoza.

Anton Echeverry, un padre ejemplar y un profesional comprometido con la defensa de los derechos humanos, sufre una crisis profunda tras la muerte de su esposa en extrañas circunstancias. Su mundo se resquebraja y lo único que logra frenar su caída al abismo es su hijo Martín, un brillante estudiante de Sociología, que quedó discapacitado en un accidente años atrás. Un día, escucha por casualidad una conversación entre el joven y su mejor amigo, un compañero de universidad, hijo de un político, que anda en muletas por una poliomielitis, en la que comentan que ellos son "la tristeza de Dios". Afligido por estas palabras, Anton pone en marcha un audaz plan para ayudarlo. Su estrategia impactará la vida de Martín y la de quienes lo rodean más allá de cualquiera de sus expectativas. Un suceso inesperado pondrá todo patas arriba e instalará al atribulado padre en la irrealidad y el delirio. En esta historia nada es lo que parece.

Hay muchos mundos, muchos estados. Todos estamos en tránsito. Nada aparece de la nada y nada desaparece del todo.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

Virgins and Addicts is one of Mario Mendoza's most unsettling and mysterious novels.

Anton Echeverry, an exemplary father and a human rights advocate, spirals into a deep crisis after the sudden and strange death of his wife. His world collapses, and the only thing preventing him from falling into complete despair is his son Martín, a brilliant sociology student who was left disabled after an accident years earlier. One day, Anton overhears a conversation between Martín and his best friend, a fellow university student and the son of a politician who uses crutches due to polio, in which they say they are "God's sadness." Struck by these words, Anton devises a bold plan to help his son. What follows will affect Martín--and everyone around him--far beyond what Anton ever imagined. An unexpected event will turn everything upside down and plunge the troubled father into unreality and delirium. In this story, nothing is what it seems.

There are many worlds, many states. We are all in transit. Nothing comes from nothing, and nothing disappears completely.