Black Hills (C)

Resumen del libro

Paha Sapa, 'Black Hills' is a Red Indian shaman who as a young boy at the Battle of Little Bighorn takes the ghost of the dying General Custer into his own body. Sixty years later as an old man working as a dynamiter on Mount Rushmore, he plots to blow it up. Meanwhile, Custer finds himself trapped in a strange, dark place and begins to write sensuous, heartbreaking missives to his beloved wife.

Thus begins an intricate narrative that sweeps across decades of American history, building up a portrait of one country's relentless expansion and what was lost and destroyed in its path. Black Hills is historical fiction with Dan Simmons' trademark twist. He weaves in real places, events and people with his own uniquely weird take on reality to create a portrait of a world that is hilarious and tragic, spiritual and disturbing.

Biografía del autor

x{0026}lt;P x{0026}lt;B Dan Simmonsx{0026}lt;/B nació en 1948 en Peoria (Illinois, Estados Unidos). Tras dieciocho años dedicados a la enseñanza de la literatura, en 1987 decidió dedicarse a tiempo completo a la escritura. Desde entonces, ha cultivado toda clase de géneros (de la fantasía, al terror y la novela histórica), aunque es conocido sobre todo por su aportación en el campo de la ciencia ficción.x{0026}lt;/P x{0026}lt;P Es autor de x{0026}lt;I Hyperionx{0026}lt;/I (ganadora de los premios Hugo y Locus de 1990), primera novela de la aclamada serie Los cantos de Hyperion , integrada por x{0026}lt;I Hyperionx{0026}lt;/I , x{0026}lt;I La caída de Hyperionx{0026}lt;/I , x{0026}lt;I Endymionx{0026}lt;/I y x{0026}lt;I El ascenso de Endymionx{0026}lt;/I . Simmons se ha convertido en un referente indiscutible de la ciencia ficción contemporánea.x{0026}lt;/P