La sed eterna

Abstract

“La Sed Eterna” es una novela que cuenta la historia de un médico forense que decide realizarle la autopsia a su primo al encontrarlo en la morgue en que trabaja una mañana. Con esta excusa empieza a reconstruir la historia del primo y la suya propia, a través de los recuerdos, tratando de encontrar el punto en que sus caminos se distanciaron y los destinos se hicieron tan diferentes, lo que lo lleva a finalmente darse cuenta que no son tan distintos y que comparten problemas con el alcohol, con las normas sociales, aislamiento y depresiones constantes. La novela quiere pintar la Medellín contemporánea, a través de un personaje marginal, y evidenciar el problema que representa, y ha representado por décadas, un vicio aceptado socialmente como el alcohol en la cultura antioqueña en particular y en la colombiana y el mundo en general. (Texto tomado de la fuente).

"The Eternal Thirst" is a novel that tells the story of a forensic doctor who decides to perform the autopsy to his cousin when he finds him at the morgue where he works one morning. With this excuse he begins to rebuild the history of the cousin and his own, through the memories, trying to find the point where their paths distanced themselves and their destinys became so different, which leads it to finally realize that they´re not so different and that they share problems with alcohol, with social norms, isolation and constant depressions. The novel wants to paint the contemporary city of Medellín, through a marginal character, and show evidence of the problem that represents, and has represented over the decades, a vice socially accepted as alcohol in the culture of Antioquia and Medellín in particular, and Colombia and the world in general.