Uruguay in three generations

The invisible mountain, by Carolina de Robertis / Vintage Editions

The first novel of Carolina de Robertis begins as an elliptical fantasy tale. Immigrants arrive by sea and see a mountain on the coast. They found a city and and call it Montevideo (Monte-vid-eo: I see a mountain). Then, a few decades later, at the dawn of the twentieth century in the Uruguayan countryside, an Indian child is found at the top of a tree. She had been missing for weeks, given for dead and his father suspected of being the murderer.

Latin America today and tomorrow

El Insomnio de Bolìvar, Jorge Volpi / Debate

I already talked about Jorge Volpi. The questions he answered in a chat with the readers of El Pais were quite promising on the quality of his latest essay on Latin America, El insomnio de Bolivar (just in Spanish for the moment). This book has been awarded with the Prize of Debate Casa de América. I got it and was not disappointed. In a very clear way, the Mexican writer raises the question of Latin American identity nowadays.

“The uncertainty of who we are”

Luis Sepulveda / Daniel Mordzinski

In his latest book, Chilean author Luis Sepulveda stages three old men who try to revive their revolutionary past with an ultimate blow. I had the opportunity to interview him and I must confess it was a great moment for me.