Crosses Over the Water

Author Name: Joaquín Gallegos Lara

In the heart of "Guayaquil", a city that kneads its daily bread with sweat and tears, a cry is born from among the shanties of the poor. There, fate intertwines between Alfredo Baldeón, the wild spirit who discovers the world of manhood early, and Alfonso Cortés, the dreaming soul who pursues the magic of music amidst the debris of misery. It is a tale of friendship that grew in the muddy alleys of "La Artillería", defying oppression with hearts that knew no surrender until that fateful day.
This novel is the pain of memory that refuses to forget; where black crosses still drift each year over the river's waves, guarding the souls of martyrs whose bellies were pierced by bayonets to sink to the bottom, yet they continued to float on the face of history like solid wooden prayers, reminding the world that truth does not die as long as there are those who place flowers of remembrance upon the water.