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In the village of San José in the remote mountains of Colombia, retired teacher Ismael spends his days gathering oranges in the sunshine and spying on his neighbour as she sunbathes naked in her orchard. It is a languid existence, pierced by his wife's scolding, which induces in him the furtive guilt of an aging voyeur.
Out walking one day, Ismael and his wife lose sight of each other. The old man is fearful, for San José has random kidnappings in its past. Soon, more people begin to go missing, and then bursts of gunfire can be heard in the distance. As the attacks grow steadily more brutal, Ismael finds himself caught in the crossfire; an old man battered by a reality he no longer understands. This is a novel with no easy solutions, in which no-one is spared, no-one is protected.
About the author
Evilio Rosero, geb. am 20.03.1958 in Bogot, ist einer der wichtigsten kolubianischen Schriftsteller.
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...a timeless epic...which intends to bear witness to the madness of a country adrift in the crossfire - El Pais El Pais
