What better field than fiction to explore our most intimate links. In conversation with Orlando Mazeyra, two authors will talk about their latest novels, where relationships with others, as a starting point for self-examination, are at the heart of the narrative. Casi todo desaparece is the first book by Verónica Ramírez (Peru), and it tells the story of Vera, who flees her native land together with her family during the Second World War. Now grown up, after living in Peru for several decades, Vera remembers this childhood in a far-off land, playing with her brother and her friend Misha, family life, the growing threats, the violence and the arrival of war; and so she decides to undertake a journey back to her roots. Alonso Sánchez Baute (Colombia), the author of four novels and several books of short stories, non-fiction and essays, has also worked as a screenplay writer for RCN soap operas in his country, and headed the Truth Commission publishing project Futuro en Tránsito. His most recent novel, La mirada de Humilda, is the affectionate story of an emotional relationship between two creatures who accompany each other to the end. With elements of fiction, letter-writing and essay, Sánchez Baute must bid farewell to his beloved dog Humilda, remembering how they met each other 14 years previously and how this link transformed his life.
