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"Instead of entering the world crying like other babies, Jubilo was born with a smile on his face. He had a gift for hearing what was in people's hearts, for listening to sand dunes sing and insects whisper. Even as a young boy, acting as an interpreter between his warring Mayan grandmother and his Spanish-speaking mother, he would translate words of spite into words of respect, so that their mutual hatred turned to love.
When he grew up, he put his gift to good use in his job as a humble telegraph operator.".
"But now the telegraph lies abandoned, obsolete as a form of communication in the electronic age and don Jubilo is on his deathbed, mute and estranged from his beloved wife, Lucha, who refuses to speak to him. What tragic event has come between two such sensuous, loving people to cause their seemingly irreparable rift? What mystery lies behind the death of the son no one ever mentions?
Can their daughter bring reconciliation to her parents before it is too late, by acting as an interpreter between them, just as Jubilo used to do for other people?"--BOOK JACKET.
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Man-woman relationships, Communication, Fiction, Parent and child, Telegraphers, Reconciliation, Marriage, Separation (Psychology), Separación (Psicología), Matrimonio, Reconciliación, Ficción, Interpersonal communication, Literature, Domestic fiction, Fiction, general, New York Times reviewed, Pères et filles, Romans, nouvelles, Télégraphistes, Telegrafistas, Novela, Comunicación, Padres e hijos, Relaciones hombre-mujer, Comunicacion, Padre e hijo, Communication in familiesShowing 9 featured editions. View all 23 editions?
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Es este un hermoso relato ambientado en México, a principios del siglo XX, con posterioridad a la Revolución Mexicana: la historia de Júbilo, un hombre que nació con el don de la alegría y la capacidad de «escuchar» los verdaderos sentimientos de las personas no expresados en palabras...
Desde pequeño, Júbilo se convierte en el intérprete entre su abuela, de origen maya, y su madre, de origen español. A caballo entre dos culturas, sirve de lazo entre esas dos mujeres irreconciliables. Júbilo ha descubierto el poder de las palabras, tan grande como el deseo, y ello determinará que elija convertirse en telegrafista para poder seguir traduciendo e interpretando a su antojo...
A través del relato de su hija Lluvia, que lo acompaña en sus últimos días, postrado en el lecho y privado de la palabra, descubrimos la historia de Júbilo, quien conoció como nadie la discordancia entre el deseo y la palabra. Todavía deberá aprender una última lección: después de todo, el amor sigue viajando a la velocidad del deseo.
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