The Land And The Blood

By Raul G. M. Silva
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Length2h 50m

About this audiobook

In the arid vastness of the northeastern hinterland, a farm carries the weight of forgotten pacts and ancient sacrifices. There, between the murmur of the wind and the silence of the earth, young Clara discovers an unbreakable link with the soil that both sustains and consumes her family. Guided by ancestral visions and voices, Clara delves into the secrets of a past that is rooted in the present, digging up rituals that have marked generations and revealing the final price of promises made and never fulfilled. Divided into three parts - The Earth in Silence, The Blood of the Earth, and The Last Breath of the Earth - this novel leads the reader through a narrative in which Latin American magical realism flourishes in a mystical hinterland, where the boundaries between the living and the dead become as permeable as the soil that demands its price in blood. When the well of the farm turns into a portal, the spirits of the ancient residents begin to emerge, bringing with them a curse that threatens to destroy everything and everyone. In the midst of the imminent collapse, Clara, now more than a simple mortal, offers herself as the final sacrifice, becoming the guardian of the land she loved and feared so much. In this work, Raul G. M. Silva creates a visceral and touching story about redemption and tragedy, where the past never remains buried and the earth keeps its dark secrets in silence.

Audiobook details

GenreLiterary Classics, Horror
Length2 hrs 50 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 24, 2024
LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1Introduction
15The knife and the raven
2Introduction
16Part 3 – The Land’s Last Breath
3Preface
17The serpent’s song
4PART 1 – The Hidden Roots
18Blood and sand
5The clay house
19The bottomless well
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6The call of the trees
20Land of blood
7The singing river
21The wind of the end
8Shadow in the kitchen
22Author's afterword
9The fire and the corn
23Clara’s role and the cycle of sacrifices
10PART 2 – The Blood of the Land
24The element of magical realism
11The broken glass mirror
25Character archetypes and their representations in northeastern culture
12Rain of Thorns
26The northeast and the element of the land
13The night of the ancestors
27Magical realism as a reflection of reality
14Voices from the well
28About the author

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