Cafe Cortado
By Monica Lavin
2001
First Published
3.49
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223
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"Diego Cabarga, aspirante frustrado a escritor, es comisionado a la ciudad de Santander para escribir la historia de una empresa naviera. En su indagacioacute;n, en los archivos de principios de siglo de la empresa, descubre la clave de un amor que jamaacute;s se realizoacute;#58; primera pieza en un complejo juego de desencuentros, donde los que se aman no se acercan y los que se desprecian siacute; lo hacen. Diego, utilizando la desilusioacute;n amorosa como pretexto literario, recrea esta historia y, al hacerlo, la confunde con su propia vida#58; Miguel, joven espantilde;ol que viaja al Meacute;xico de principios de siglo con la esperanza de ""hacer la Ameacute;rica"", donde encuentra en Chiapas #151;a donde no llegoacute; la revolucioacute;n#151;, la explotacioacute;n a la que son sometidos los indiacute;genas; es, apenas, alguien que deja un amor atraacute;s y encuentra otro adelante"pEnglish Translation#58; Diego Cabarga, frustrated aspiring to writer, is commissioner to the city of Santander to write the history of a shipping company. In his investigation, in the archives of principles of century of the company, he discovers the key of a love that never was made#58; first piece, where those that is loved not approach and those that not deigns yes do it. Diego, using the loving desilusioacute;n like literary pretext, recreates this history and, when doing it, he confuses it with his own life#58; Miguel, Spanish young person which she travels to the Mexico of principles of century with the hope to make America, where finds in Chiapas at where the revolution did not arrive, the operation to which are put under the natives; he is, as soon as, somebody thatleaves a love back and finds ahead other
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