Saint X

Claire tiene s lo siete a os cuando su hermana mayor, Alison, desaparece la ltima noche de las vacaciones familiares en la paradisiaca isla caribe a de Saint X. D as despu s, el cuerpo de Alison aparece en el mar, y la polic a arresta a dos empleados del sitio tur stico. Pero los sospechosos terminan por ser liberados, y la muerte de la joven se convierte en un misterio sin resolver con resonancia internacional. A os despu s, Claire tiene un encuentro fortuito que la hacer revivir los hechos que llevaron a la desaparici n de Alison. Entonces emprende una b squeda obsesiva por la verdad. Qu fue lo que ocurri en Saint X? Qu hac an los sospechosos esa noche en la playa? Y la pregunta m s dif cil de responder: qui n era en realidad su hermana perdida? A trav s de la b squeda de Claire, Alexis Schaitkin nos presenta una poderosa novela sobre las historias que perseguimos para entender el pasado, y el poder esclavizante de la obsesi n y la tragedia.

Claire is only seven years old when her older sister, Alison, disappears on the last night of a family vacation on the Caribbean island paradise of Saint X. Days later, Alison's body appears in the sea, and the police arrest two employees of the tourist site. But the suspects are eventually released, and the young woman's death becomes an unsolved mystery with international resonance. Years later, Claire has a chance meeting that makes her relive the events that led to Alison's disappearance leading to an obsessive search for the truth.


Author: Alexis Schaitkin
Publisher: Oceano
Published: 10/01/2021
Pages: 404
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.92lbs
Size: 9.06h x 5.91w x 0.94d
ISBN13: 9786075572512
ISBN10: 6075572511
Language: Spanish
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Women
- Fiction | Psychological
- Fiction | Literary

About the Author
Alexis Schaitkin is an essay and literature writer. She graduated from Princeton University and has a master of fine arts from the University of Virginia. Her stories have been published in The New York Times, The Southern Review, Ecotone, and The Best American Nonrequired Reading, among others. Her essays and travel chronicles have been awarded The Best American Essays and The Best American Travel Writing, respectively. She currently lives in Williamstown, Massachusetts.