Product 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 querré 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. Description in Spanish: Montse Cambra emprende un viaje al antiguo Sahara español en busca de Santiago San Román, su primer novio, un joven mecánico que la deslumbró con un coche y su desparpajo. Se hicieron novios, pelearon y él tuvo que marcharse al servicio militar pensando que estaba embarazada y que ya no lo quería porque no contestaba a sus llamadas. Montse tiene ahora 44 años, es médica, ha perdido a una hija adolescente y su marido, un brillante colega, que la ha dejado por una radióloga de gimnasio y peluquería . Entre las cosas de una magrebí ingresada en urgencias, encuentra una foto de Santiago. Le dijeron que había muerto, pero gracias a la foto descubre que está vivo, que se casó en África y que su mujer murió. Sin nada que la ate a la Barcelona donde nació, marcha en su busca.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #193300 in Books
• Published on: 2007-04-01
• Original language: Spanish
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 372 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9789707708884
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Customer Reviews

Literature at its best
Luis Leante wrote a gem of a novel and it is no surprise that this book won the Premio Alfaguara de Novela 2007. Without having read anything from this author before, I trusted the many articles and editorial reviews that I read about Mira si yo te querre. It would not be fair to go into details about this book but I will say the descriptions of the Sahara, the characters, the main theme and the narration are the strong points of this novel. The locations mentioned inspired me to look up some these places in Northern Africa to better appreciate the descriptions. The love story of Montse and Santiago and Montse's quest to find her "Santiago San Roman" in the Sahara is moving. Luis Leante's research and hard work has resulted in a one of a kind book. Well worth the read and the award.

PD. I too feel the ending was disappointing but it's a great novel otherwise./ marianopolita

Love is forever or lost in the Sahara
This novel received the Alfagura Literary Award last March. I had my reserves about a romance that include a Spaniard and a Saharaui woman in the middle of the Polisario war against Spain. The romance include a threesome love affair. The Barcelona doctor that got pregnant by the soldier who went to fight the Polisario and felt for an arab girl and the girl who -au contraire to my ideas- also felt for the European. So it is intrigue, well elaborated, moving ravishly between present, past and future to give a lovely story that Passion and Commitment can survive even the desert hot sands and the wars....

Couldn't put it down
I opened this book out of curiosity, intending to just read the first paragraph, but once I started I couldn't put it down. I read the whole book in one weekend.
I'm not a native Spanish speaker, but this book was easy for me to read. The author paints vivid pictures of the Saharan desert and of all the characters of the novel without resorting to obscure, flowery words that you wouldn't hear in everyday speech.
And the story is amazing. It moves easily between the past and the present, between Barcelona and the Sahara - every time offering you another piece of the story so that the farther along you go, the more clearly you understand what has happened and is happening. The morning after I finished this novel, I woke up still thinking about it.