Doctor Justo Pastor Proceso L�pez should be a happy man--he has a family, a thriving medical practice, and adoring patients--but he lives a troubled life. He is married to a beautiful woman, but she despises him, and thanks to her influence he is unable to win favor with his two daughters. In his growing despair, L�pez becomes obsessed with exposing the myth of national hero Sim�n Bol�var-- El Libertador , "The Liberator"--for what it truly is: a lie covering up years of massacres, betrayals, and sex scandals. But ...
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Doctor Justo Pastor Proceso L�pez should be a happy man--he has a family, a thriving medical practice, and adoring patients--but he lives a troubled life. He is married to a beautiful woman, but she despises him, and thanks to her influence he is unable to win favor with his two daughters. In his growing despair, L�pez becomes obsessed with exposing the myth of national hero Sim�n Bol�var-- El Libertador , "The Liberator"--for what it truly is: a lie covering up years of massacres, betrayals, and sex scandals. But in interviewing elder locals about their memories of Bol�var he discovers that in Pasto, Colombia, the myth of Bol�var holds a tight grip on the identity of the city. To put an end the cult of El Libertador , L�pez devises an elaborate stunt involving a carnival float on the day of The Black and White Carnival, celebrating the Feast of the Holy Innocents. In the feverish atmosphere of the Feast celebrations, Doctor L�pez watches his life come undone before his eyes. From one of Colombia's foremost literary talents, Feast of the Innocents is both heartbreaking and triumphant, a literary portrait of obsession, alienation, and cultural identity in 1960s Colombia.
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