«Los relatos de Juan Villloro tienen ese raro poder no para asomarse
al abismo sino para permanecer en el borde del abismo, durante mucho
rato, balanceándose y por lo tanto haciéndonos balancear a nosotros sus
lectores con movimientos que surgen de la duermevela o tal vez de una
lucidez extrema». Roberto Bolaño
Diego González es un documentalista que habla dormido. Está casado con
una sonidista que trata de descifrar lo que dice en sueños. Se muda a
Barcelona, pero el pasado lo alcanza como una pesadilla. La visita de un
viejo conocido, el periodista Adalberto Anaya, trastoca su reciente
tranquilidad. Anaya -quien ha vigilado a Diego durante años con la
atención casi desmedida de un admirador- lo culpa de haber hecho un
documental para entregar a un narco. Diego se ve obligado a lidiar con
este enemigo que es, al mismo tiempo, su único aliado.
La tierra de la gran promesa es una metáfora del México contemporáneo.
Una lectura amplia sobre las entretelas de la corrupción y la vida
íntima donde las verdades se pronuncian al dormir. Una reflexión sobre
la forma en que el arte influye en la realidad y en que la realidad
distorsiona al arte. Una novela tan política como personal que mantiene
a Juan Villoro como un testigo excepcional de nuestro tiempo.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
'Juan Villloro's stories have that rare power not to look out into the
abyss but to remain on the edge of the abyss for a long time, swaying
and therefore making us, his readers, sway with movements that arise
from sleep or perhaps from extreme lucidity.' Roberto Bolaño
Diego González is a documentary filmmaker who talks in his sleep. He's
married to a sound engineer who tries to decipher what he says in his
dreams. He moves to Barcelona, but the past catches up with him like a
nightmare. The visit of an old acquaintance, the journalist Adalberto
Anaya, upsets his recent tranquility. Anaya - who has watched Diego for
years with the almost excessive attention of an admirer - blames him for
having made a documentary to give to a narco. Diego is forced to deal
with this enemy who is, at the same time, his only ally.
The Land of Great Promise is a metaphor for contemporary Mexico. A
broad reading on the interweaving of corruption and intimate life where
truths are spoken in sleep. A reflection on the way in which art
influences reality and in which reality distorts art. A novel as
political as it is personal that maintains Juan Villoro as an
exceptional witness of our time.
