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Entre acuarelas y lágrimas :, José Orlando Castañeda

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Entre acuarelas y lágrimas :

José Orlando Castañeda

Manuel, un joven ecuatoriano que pinta acuarelas y vende hierbas medicinales en el mercado, emigra a Port Chester (Nueva York). Su esposa, Elvira, busca llegar a él por mar, pero su barco naufraga. Luego de su rescate, cambia de planes y viaja a Madrid. Antonio, el padre de los niños que ahora cuida, la descubre leyendo en secreto uno de sus libros. Le indica a hurtadillas un pasaje con una tira de papel, y Elvira, intrigada, señala a su vez una frase para él. Comienzan un intercambio de citas literarias por las que se cuela el amor. Mientras Manuel se refugia en sus pinturas y sanaciones naturistas al otro lado del mundo, Elvira cultiva una ilusión con Antonio. Luego de una decepción, busca retomar su hogar y viaja a Port Chester por su marido. Ante una tragedia inesperada, descubre las acuarelas que Manuel pintaba en su soledad. Sus pinceladas laceran lo más profundo de su serManuel, a young Ecuadorian who paints watercolors and sells medicinal herbs in the market, emigrates to Port Chester (New York). His wife, Elvira, seeks to reach him by sea, but their ship is wrecked. After her rescue, she changes her plans and travels to Madrid. Antonio, the father of the children she now cares for, discovers her secretly reading one of his books. He stealthily indicates a passage with a strip of paper, and Elvira, intrigued, points out a phrase for him. They begin an exchange of literary quotes through which love creeps in. While Manuel takes refuge in his paintings and naturopathic healings on the other side of the world, Elvira cultivates an illusion with Antonio. After a disappointment, she seeks to return home and travels to Port Chester for her husband. Faced with an unexpected tragedy, she discovers the watercolors that Manuel painted in his loneliness. His brushstrokes lacerate the depths of her beingManuel, a young Ecuadorian who paints watercolors and sells medicinal herbs in the market, emigrates to Port Chester (New York). His wife, Elvira, seeks to reach him by sea, but their ship is wrecked. After her rescue, she changes her plans and travels to Madrid. Antonio, the father of the children she now cares for, discovers her secretly reading one of his books. He stealthily indicates a passage with a strip of paper, and Elvira, intrigued, points out a phrase for him. They begin an exchange of literary quotes through which love creeps in. While Manuel takes refuge in his paintings and naturopathic healings on the other side of the world, Elvira cultivates an illusion with Antonio. After a disappointment, she seeks to return home and travels to Port Chester for her husband. Faced with an unexpected tragedy, she discovers the watercolors that Manuel painted in his loneliness. His brushstrokes lacerate the depths of her being