by Eusebio Ruvalcaba (Author)
V?ctima de la edad de la punzada , Le?n, de catorce a?os, acaba de terminar el segundo grado de secundaria y vive el momento con la locura propia de la edad. Inquieto e inconforme con la estricta disciplina de su padre, decide comprar un boleto de autob?s con sus ahorros para ir tras Osbelia, su amor plat?nico que est? de vacaciones en Guadalajara. Pero el camino desde el Distrito Federal se convierte en toda una odisea abundante en aventuras, con misteriosos personajes que lo llevan a descubrir lo duro, y tambi?n emocionante, que es crecer.
Longseller que ha seducido a varias generaciones desde su publicaci?n (1991), Un hilito de sangre --obra que le dio un lugar eminente a Eusebio Ruvalcaba en la literatura mexicana-- es una novela de formaci?n que logra ese entra?able v?nculo entre la recreaci?n de una ?poca y la nostalgia por la juventud perdida.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
Le?n, fourteen years old, has just finished the second grade of secondary school and lives the moment with the madness of age. Restless and dissatisfied with his father's strict discipline, he decides to buy a bus ticket with his savings to go after Osbelia, his crush who is on vacation in Guadalajara. But the road from Mexico City becomes an odyssey abundant in adventures, with mysterious characters that lead him to discover how hard, and also exciting, it is to grow up.
A longseller that has seduced several generations since its publication (1991), Un hilito de sangre (A Trickle of Blood) --a work that gave Eusebio Ruvalcaba an eminent place in Mexican literature-- is a novel of formation that achieves that endearing link between the recreation of an era and nostalgia for lost youth.