Publisher's Synopsis
FIRST TIME IN ENGLISH one of the most charming novels of contemporary literature in the Spanish language. Now exclusively for Amazon the latest expanded edition: CAPTAIN SPIDER (or ARAÑA, legendary river captain), awarded honorable mention by the jury of the IX International Short Novel Competition 2015 (Spanish), of Ediciones Mis Escritos, Argentina. In it, this well-known author narrates with a funny and gripping style the life of an extraordinary captain and his legendary boat that sailed the Magdalena River in the convulsive Colombia of the middle of the twentieth century... Illustrated with original photos of the time and drawings drawn by the same author. This novel marks a nascent and daring narrative style that combines magical realism with the historical and humorous novel. About the short novel ARAÑA, legendary river captain, the critic of Amazon S.J. Bromberg (Cincinnati, OH) wrote: "I love it! A very interesting novel!" -ATTENTION: Automatic translation from Spanish to English by Microsoft translator-