There are certain myths and mysteries that are cyclically renewed in the popular imagination, as well as in cinema and literature.
The Bermuda Triangle, Atlantis and El Dorado are probably the three magical locations in the world. Those that have derived the most in a rain of ink to present us with those locations where reality becomes a magic mirror in which our fantasies and desires, our thirst for knowledge and our desire to get closer to the esoteric are reflected.
Parallel to his recent film, in the book Z, the lost city, David Grann presents us with a documented log of the journey of the explorer Percy Fawcett through the deep Amazon, where the lost city with its gold mines was supposed to be.
To speak with full knowledge of the facts, David traveled in 2005 to the great South American river to collect feelings, ideas, comments from people and more faithful documentation. With all this he presented this work.
In Z, the lost city we travel with Percy Fawcett to the Amazon of 1925. And, honestly, the most interesting thing about the book, the null results in the location of the mysterious city and the dire consequences for the protagonist are already known, well It is more interesting to soak up that perspective of the tireless explorer, to feel captivated by that search that back in 1925 gave the expedition a fantastic touch still close to the reality of the moment, in a world without satellites or GPS, without the total connection that exists. currently.
Adventure of the real ones. Biography made into a novel to enjoy, get excited and recover sensations of trivial enjoyment of literature. Of course, the writing is exquisite, composing a narrative of carats not without lyricism. A good mix to enjoy and get away with.