Years Like Brief DaysAn elderly man makes a nostalgic journey back to the village where he grew up. Vivid memories of people and places flow back with such intensity that they become part of the present. The old man, who considered his father a bully, realizes his father taught him more about personal and professional integrity than anyone else in life. In this novel, the Costa Rican writer Fabiǹ Dobles deals with the changing relationship between the individual, the family and society. |
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