Desmoronamiento

The feelings of hatred and resentment of Doña Lena, wife of Don Erasmo Mira Brossa, lawyer and president of the Honduran National Party, and mother of an only daughter, Teti, are as powerful as fire: if it is fed it ends up consuming everything until it collapses. . But Doña Lena's strong temperament will not be able to prevent Teti from marrying Clemente, a divorced Salvadoran, twenty years older than her and with the stigma of being a communist. The broken ties of the Mira Brossa family are now irreparable, and Teti, Clemente and their son, Eri, are forced to leave Honduras to settle in El Salvador. The year is 1969 and the war between Honduras and El Salvador threatens to destroy the fragile foundations of Doña Lena's relationship with her daughter, who, despite threats from her disgruntled and tormented mother, refuses to return to her country. not even after the tragic and mysterious death of her husband. The volcanic character of the matriarch is the common denominator of the story of this Honduran family, narrated with the usual display of the author's trademark style, and a sharp, acidic tone, which immerses the reader in the current of mixed feelings in which the the protagonists of this novel debate.