The House Among the Cacti, by Paul Pen

The House Among the Cacti, by Paul Pen
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There is an I don't know what fatal premonition in every calm and peaceful scene, away from the madding crowd. In a kind of desert, among cacti and crickets, Elmer and Rose survive with their five daughters. Life beats at a leisurely pace, reality passes with the cadence of time trapped between the barren terrain of a vast plain.

The arrival of a stranger named Rick, a lost tourist who is offered shelter and rest, ends up becoming a critical point of tension in the family. Perhaps Rick's visit is not as casual as it seems, perhaps the boy has finally found what he was looking for.

The five daughters are attracted to the stranger, while their parents Elmer and Rose begin to sense that something else that has led Rick there. It is curious how in a wide space, with a multitude of possible and distant horizons, life narrows until it generates a suffocating space.

Because the truth is emerging like dark water from a well dug in that wasteland. Because it is more than likely that the peculiar family is not living apart from the world by chance. The problem is that the reasons that led them there seemed hidden forever.

In the same way that cacti develop thorns instead of leaves to avoid water loss, the family blends in with this defense system. Each character shows us an extraordinary reaction to some unprecedented events that are precipitating in that calm but already sinister scenario.

At book The House of Cacti We discover that there is no place to run from oneself, from unfinished business, from fears, and from dramatic decisions.

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