La reina del pacifico/ The Queen of the Pacific

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Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2009-01-06
Publisher(s): Grijalbo Mondadori
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Summary

Resultado de una larga serie de entrevistas a Sandra Avila, La Reina del. Pacifico, este libro contiene el primer testimonio sobre lo que significa nacer, crecer y vivir dentro de la mafia del narcotrafico. Esta mujer-mito le platica a Julio Scherer su historia, en la cual se manifiesta directamente, con todas sus contradicciones, temores y arrebatos. Su voz, ante el periodista y la opinion publica, retumba poderosa, aunque por momentos se exprese a la defensiva, laconica y desalentada. Gracias al enorme oficio narrativo de quien es considerado el mejor periodista de Mexico, Sandra Avila nos presenta las entranas de ese mundo gobernado por la muerte, pero tambien habla de su intimidad. "Y en lucha por mostrarse duena de si misma" como escribe Scherer, resulta contundente: "Me he emborrachado con la vida y he padecido crudas de las que me he levantado. Ahora tropiezo con los muros de mi celda entre la depresion y el animo, medio muerta y medio viva, caida y vuelta a levantar..."

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