**«El resplandor de la madera debe entenderse como una novela
excepcional en el ámbito de la narrativa mexicana.» **--Joaquín
Marco
El resplandor de la madera es la historia de Casares, un mexicano de
origen socioeconómico bajo que, marcado por las aspiraciones inculcadas
por su madre, emprende sus estudios y su vida profesional intentando
salir de la miseria y la ignorancia sin perderse en el camino, que es
exactamente lo que le sucedió a su padre, quien tras invertir en
negocios imposibles perdió su fortuna, su identidad y su familia.
Pero el genial Aguilar Camín va mucho más allá de esta lograda y
desgarradora historia individual y combina las desventuras de Casares
con la historia de sus antepasados y de la península de Yucatán, donde
se desarrolla la novela.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
«*The Glow of Wood should be regarded as an exceptional novel
within the field of Mexican literature.» --Joaquin Marco*
The Glow of Wood is the story of Casares, a Mexican young man from low
socioeconomic origins who, marked by the aspirations instilled by his
mother, takes on his studies and his professional life very seriously in
order to try to get out of his misery and ignorance without getting lost
along the way, which is precisely what happened to his father, who after
investing in impossible businesses lost all his fortune, his identity,
and his family.
But the great Aguilar Camín goes far beyond this heartbreaking
individual story and combines Casares' misadventures with the story of
his own ancestors and the Yucatan peninsula, where the novel takes
place.
