OutoftheSilence_AftertheCrash

Text copyright © 2012 by Eduardo Strauch Urioste, Mireya Soriano Translation copyright © 2019 by Jennie Erikson All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, or stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without express written permission of the publisher. Originally published as Desde el silencio , Eduardo Strauch Urioste con Mireya Soriano (Montevideo: Random House Mondadori, Editorial Sudamericana Uruguaya S.A., 2012). Translated from Spanish by Jennie Erikson. First published in English by AmazonCrossing in 2019. Published by AmazonCrossing, Seattle www.apub.com Amazon, the Amazon logo, and AmazonCrossing are trademarks of Amazon.com , Inc., or its affiliates. ISBN-13: 9781542042956 ISBN-10: 154204295X Cover design by Rex Bonomelli To my two baby granddaughters—You’ve got a friend in me. And to my wife, Laura—Keep on being yourself, never minding what other people say. —Eduardo Strauch CONTENTS 1 SILENCE 2 THE MOUNTAIN 3 THE BODY 4 DEATH 5 THE MIND 6 HOPE 7 FEAR 8 REBIRTH 9 LOVE 10 TIME 11 TRANSCENDENCE 12 NATURE 13 FA......