Aquiles o el guerrillero y el asesino / Achilles or The Warrior and the Murderer (Spanish Edition)

La breve y extraordinaria historia de Carlos Pizarro es la de un h�roe tr�gico. Recio, imbatible, lleno de cualidades, Pizarro pas� de la militancia comunista a la guerrilla, y de ah� a la amnist�a y a postularse como candidato a la presidencia de Colombia.

Esta novela es una cr�nica de su vida, tanto hist�rica como personal, que a partir del relato de hechos fidedignos se interna en la ficci�n. M�s all� de los datos conocidos, entre el inevitable narcotr�fico, una guerrilla que para negociar la paz debe seguir disparando, la ausencia de proyecto nacional y la indomable voluntad de luchar, en esta obra p�stuma de Carlos Fuentes los lectores conocer�n tanto a un personaje con rasgos �picos como a una persona compleja, vulnerable, plena de amor y de esperanza.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

The short and extraordinary story of Carlos Pizarro is that of a tragic hero. Robust, unbeatable, and full of virtue, Pizarro went from militant communism to becoming a guerrilla soldier, from there to amnesty, and later went on to become a candidate for president of Colombia.

This novel is a chronicle of his life, both historical and personal, and through the tale of reliable facts the reader delves into the fiction. Beyond the well-known facts, between the inevitable drug trafficking, a guerrilla who must keep shooting in order to negotiate peace, the absence of a national plan, and the indomitable will to fight, in this posthumous work by Carlos Fuentes, readers will get to know a character who is as epic as he is complex, vulnerable, and full of love and hope.