Althea y Oliver

Author: Cristina Moracho
- Fiction
- Planeta Publishing Corporation
- ISBN: 9786070725272
- Release Date: 05-05-2015

Synopsis

Althea y Oliver son amigos desde los seis años, pero al llegar a la adolescencia, la relación exige evolucionar. Ella se ha enamorado, mientras que Oliver… él desarrolla el Síndrome de la Bella Durmiente, que hace que se desconecte del mundo durante dos o más semanas seguidas… y que sus deseos inconscientes se manifiesten. Entre las dudas de la adolescencia, el dolor, las exigencias propias y externas, la toma de decisiones, la sexualidad y la madurez, Oliver cae en un episodio de sueño, durante el cual Althea toma una decisión que pondrá en riesgo su relación. Después de ello, las cosas cambiarán para siempre, aun a pesar del deseo de ambos. Oliver viajará a Nueva York a buscar una cura para su enfermedad, mientras que Althea decidirá seguirlo con la esperanza de recuperar lo perdido. Pero estar lejos de casa trae consigo la esperanza de algo más que la reconciliación entre ambos. Althea y Oliver muestra un profundo conocimiento de lo que es la vida para los jóvenes que están aprendiendo a ser adultos: emociones violentas, inseguridades paralizantes y una embriagadora sensación de posibilidades ilimitadas.

Althea and Oliver have been friends since they were six, but their relationship began to change when they became teenagers. She fell in love, while Oliver... well, Oliver seems to have come down with Sleeping Beauty syndrome. His condition causes him to disconnect from the world for two weeks or more at a time... and brings his unconscious desires to the surface.The confusion of adolescence, pain, his own expectations and those of others, making decisions, sexuality and maturity cause Oliver have a sleep episode. While he's asleep Althea makes a decision that will put their relationship at risk. As much as they both want it to be, things are never the same after this. Oliver will travel to New York in search of a cure for his illness, while Althea decides to follow him in hopes of getting back what they once had. But being far from home brings something more than their reconciliation.Althea and Oliver reflects a profound knowledge of what life is like for young people learning to be adults: extreme emotions, paralyzing insecurities and an intoxicating feeling of unlimited possibilities.

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