Author(s): Joe Haldeman
Format: Paperback
No. of Pages: 293
Publisher: B de Bolsillo
Language: Spanish
Date Published: 2013-12-31
Dimensions: 126 x 192 x 20mm
Publication City/Country: Spain
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Si bien situada en el espacio, en una guerra de larguisima duracion entre la Tierra y los taurinos, esta obra es un duro alegato contra la consideracion de los soldados como mera carne de canon. La historia del soldado Mandella, que gradualmente va ascendiendo en el escalafon militar, es la de un hombre, que por el hecho de viajar a la velocidad de la luz, cada vez que regresa a la Tierra la encuentra mas cambiada e irreconocible, lo que provoca una situacion de desencuentro e incompresion entre el y sus familiares y amigos. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION The Earth's leaders have drawn a line in the interstellar sand--despite the fact that the fierce alien enemy they would oppose is inscrutable, unconquerable, and very far away. A reluctant conscript drafted into an elite Military unit, Private William Mandella has been propelled through space and time to fight in the distant thousand-year conflict; to perform his duties and do whatever it takes to survive the ordeal and return home. But "home" may be even more terrifying than battle, because, thanks to the time dilation caused by space travel, Mandella is aging months while the Earth he left behind is aging centuries...