{"product_id":"las-hijas-del-volczan-novela-the-volcano-daughters-a-novel-9786073921527","title":"Las Hijas del Volcán (novela) \/ The Volcano Daughters (a Novel)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEACH MYTH, EACH STORY, HAS AT LEAST TWO VERSIONS... DEPENDING ON WHO TELLS THE STORY AND WHO LISTENS TO IT.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn original and overwhelming novel about two sisters who escape a genocide, and the journey that takes them from Hollywood to Paris, and to California's Cannery Row, pursued by the ghosts of their murdered friends, who have not finished telling their stories.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eEl Salvador, 1923. Graciela, the second daughter of Socorrito, a peasant woman from the coffee plantations of Izalco, lives on the slopes of the volcano until she receives a message from the capital, where she is summoned by the Great Pendejo, the dictator who governs the tides, tells volcanoes when to erupt and shapes the moon. There she meets Consuelo, her sister who was kidnapped before she was born. Both spend years under the cruel shadow of the satrap, converted into his oracles. But when he orders the genocide of their community, the sisters cannot bear the horror and escape separately, each believing the other has died. Their flight will take them around the world, to reinvent themselves with the hope of, perhaps, reuniting one day...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSurprising, brimming with imagination and life, \u003cem\u003eLas hijas del volcán\u003c\/em\u003e traces \u003cb\u003ea new history and mythology of El Salvador\u003c\/b\u003e through voices that have been left behind for generations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eENGLISH DESCRIPTION\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA searingly original debut about two sisters and their flight from genocide, each haunted by the ghosts of their murdered friends, who are not yet done telling their stories.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEl Salvador, 1923\u003c\/em\u003e. Graciela, a young girl growing up on a volcano in a community of Indigenous women, is summoned to the capital, where she is claimed as an oracle for a rising dictator. There she meets Consuelo, the sister she has never known, who was stolen from their home before Graciela was born. The two spend years under the cruel El Gran Pendejo's regime, unwillingly helping his reign of terror, until genocide strikes the community from which they hail. Each believing the other to be dead, they escape, fleeing across the globe, reinventing themselves until fate ultimately brings them back together in the most unlikely of ways \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVividly imaginative, \u003ci\u003eLas hijas del volcán\u003c\/i\u003e charts\u003cstrong\u003e a new history and mythology of El Salvador\u003c\/strong\u003e, fiercely bringing forth voices that have been calling out for generations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-17479077\"\u003eGina María Balibrera\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Planeta Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/28\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 5.12w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9786073921527\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 6073921527\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e Spanish\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC056050\"\u003eHispanic \u0026amp; Latino | Historical\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC056110\"\u003eHispanic \u0026amp; Latino | Women\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC061000\"\u003eMagical Realism\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Planeta Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45799885045935,"sku":"9786073921527","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/9255\/8767\/files\/img_5b28706b-9a0b-4b61-b80b-04f6f04fe900.jpg?v=1755691869","url":"https:\/\/www.correctionsbookstore.com\/es\/products\/las-hijas-del-volczan-novela-the-volcano-daughters-a-novel-9786073921527","provider":"Corrections Bookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}