Le Dedico Mi Silencio / I Give You My Silence

To隳 Azpilcueta, experto en mica criolla, descubre a un guitarrista virtuoso, Lalo Molfino, cuyo talento parece confirmar todas sus intuiciones: el amor profundo que siente por los valses, marineras, polkas y huaynos peruanos tiene una justificaci鏮 social. Tal vez lo que ocurra es que la mica criolla sea, en realidad, no s鏊o una se鎙 de identidad de todo un pa疄 y expresi鏮 de esa actitud tan peruana de la huachafer燰 («la mayor contribuci鏮 de Per?a la cultural universal , seg To隳 Azpilcueta), sino algo mucho m嫳 importante: un elemento capaz de provocar una revoluci鏮 social, de derribar prejuicios y barreras raciales para unir al pa疄 entero en un abrazo fraterno y mestizo. En un pa疄 fracturado y asolado por la violencia de Sendero Luminoso (la novela transcurre a principios de la d嶰ada de los noventa, en plena ofensiva terrorista), la mica podr燰 ser aquello que recuerde a todos los que conforman la sociedad que, por encima de cualquier otra cosa, son hermanos y compatriotas. Y en esto, es posible que el virtuosismo de Lalo Molfino tenga mucho que ver.

To隳 Azpilcueta decide investigar m嫳 sobre este guitarrista, viajar a su lugar de origen, conocer a este personaje esquivo, saber de su historia, de su familia y amores, de c鏔o lleg?a convertirse en un mico tan excelso. Y se propone tambi幯 escribir un libro donde contar la historia de la mica criolla y desarrollar esa idea que ha inoculado en su mente el descubrimiento de este mico extraordinario.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

The most prestigious author in Spanish literature today returns with a novel set in his native Peru. I Give You My Silence is the story of a man who dreamed of a country united by music and went mad trying to write the perfect book to tell it.

"The waltz, born in the alleyways of Lima, integrated Peru. Here I tell this story, and with it I thank a secret love that has been with me my entire life: the love I feel for Creole music, specially, for my country's waltz." --Mario Vargas Llosa

To隳 Azpilcueta, Creole music expert, discovers a guitar virtuoso, Lalo Molfino, whose talent seems to confirm every instinct: his profound love for Peruvian waltzes, marineras, polkas, and huaynos has social grounds. Maybe what happens is that Creole music is in fact not just a symbol of an entire country's identity and the expression of a very Peruvian attitude, huachaferia ("Peru's greatest contribution to universal culture," according to To隳 Azpilcueta), but something of far greater importance, an element capable of igniting a social revolution, of tearing down prejudices and social barriers to unite a country in one brotherly, mixed-race hug. In a country fractured and devastated by Sendero Luminoso's violence (the novel is set at the beginning of the nineteen-nineties, at the height of the terrorist campaign, ) music could remind society at large that they are brothers and sisters, and fellow countryfolk. And it is possible that Lalo Molfino's virtuosity has much to do with this.

To隳 Azpilcueta is set to investigate more about this guitar player, go to his birthplace, get to know this elusive character, learn his personal history, his family history, and his love stories, how he became such a magnificent musician. And he is also determined to write a book about Creole music and develop the idea inoculated in his mind after finding this extraordinary musician.