Tragaluz editores publishes The Crime of the Century, the new play by novelist and playwright Miguel Torres. Adapted from the novel of the same name and also from Torres, it reconstructs, through fiction and reality, the last year of life of Juan Roa Sierra, the alleged murderer of Gaitán.
On April 9, it was the 73rd anniversary of the assassination of the Colombian politician, Jorge Eliecer Gaitán. That same day, the new book by Miguel Torres, The Crime of the Century, was launched, a play that seeks to stage the political conspiracies of the 1940s, which force Juan Roa Sierra, a poor young man from Bogotá, who failed and delirious, to make the decision to kill Gaitán. Although there is no certainty about Roa’s responsibility in the murder, The Crime of the Century shows the reader all the influences that went through the boy’s head to make the decision to pull the trigger, or on the contrary, to repent in the last second.
Its author, Miguel Torres, is a Colombian writer who has been concerned with recounting in fiction the most important historical events of Colombia. He believes that art, in all its representations, is the best way to know the past, since it considers that official history is loaded with ideological inputs that do not allow knowing the complete reality, while fiction does not have political concerns, but aesthetic ones , which makes it the best channel to communicate the truth. For this, works like The immortal, drama about the taking of the Palace of Justice, or The trilogy of April 9, find in the historical facts the voices that do not enter the official story.
This book is part of the skylight editors theater collection, Deus ex machina, which seeks to popularize the reading of dramatic works. The crime of the century can be found in the virtual bookstore of Casa Tragaluz and in other bookstores in Medellín and Colombia.
With this latest publication, Tragaluz editores continues in its mission of promoting reading and disseminating literary works that are interested in reflection, the care of language and visual aesthetics. Link to the book: https://www.tragaluzeditores.com/libros/el-crimen-del-siglo/.
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