Latin America

By the author of Il Postino

Translated from Spanish by Donald L. Schmidt and Federico Cordovez

This first collection in English of Sk rmeta's stories shows the Chilean writer's virtuosity and human touch.

He mixes passion with politics, his subject matter ranging from the Conquistadors to the present day. Readers International has also published Skarmeta's novel of love, football and the end of Allende's revolution, I Dreamt the Snow was Burning.

"These stories constantly affirm the pleasures of living in a painful world with your eyes wide open."

THE INDEPENDENT