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Montse Cambra emprende un viaje al antiguo Sahara espa#65533;ol en busca de Santiago San Rom#65533;n, su primer novio, un joven mec#65533;nico que la deslumbr#65533; con un coche y su desparpajo. Se hicieron novios, pelearon y #65533;l tuvo que marcharse al servicio militar pensando que estaba embarazada y que ya no lo quer#65533;a porque no contestaba a sus llamadas. Montse tiene ahora 44 a#65533;os, es m#65533;dica, ha perdido a una hija adolescente y su marido, un brillante colega, que la ha dejado por "una radi#65533;loga de gimnasio y peluquer#65533;a". Entre las cosas de una magreb#65533; ingresada en urgencias, encuentra una foto de Santiago. Le dijeron que hab#65533;a muerto, pero gracias a la foto descubre que est#65533; vivo, que se cas#65533; en #65533;frica y que su mujer muri#65533;. Sin nada que la ate a la Barcelona donde naci#65533;, marcha en su busca.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION The unexpected finding of an old photograph will make Montse Cambra, a forty-four year old doctor, leave her native Barcelona in search for her first love. Thus a trip begins that will take her all the way to the Sahara. The need for survival and the passion to live in a forgotten town in the desert will help her discover her true destiny. Mira si yo te querr#65533; is a love story that extends through time; the story of two periods and two cultures joined by a secret. It is the adventure of a woman who, in the solitude of the desert, discovers what is truly important.

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Publishers Weekly Review

Leante, the winner of this year's coveted 2007 Alfaguara Prize, is a fairly obscure Spanish author of several novels, including El canto del zaigú (2000), El vuelo de las termitas (2003), and Academia Europa (2003). This latest novel tells the story of Montserrat Cambra and Santiago San Román, two young Barcelona natives who fall in love, fall apart, and struggle to make sense of their own lives and the turbulent times in which they live. Set in both Barcelona and the Spanish Sahara during the mid to late Seventies, the novel aptly captures life in the colony from the perspective of Santiago, who is sent to the Sahara as a soldier around the time of the Green March when the Moroccan government began to take back Spanish territory. While the relationship between the two characters-and the possibility of their reencounter after years of separation-is the main focus of this magnificent novel, what makes it truly outstanding is how it depicts the desert's all-encompassing, never-ending power. From the descriptions of Santiago's wanderings down the streets of Tindouf to Montse's accidental journey from Barcelona to the Sahara, Leante's evocative prose envelops the reader in the barren yet inherently poetic land of northern Africa. Highly recommended for academic and public libraries, as well as bookstores servicing readers of Spanish-language literary fiction.Andrea Montejo, New York City (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved All rights reserved.