Apasanka
Translated into English by Lídice Megla, this novel by Camila Reimers is a true gem that will be an unforgettable reading. It displays the weft of a wondrous fabric dancing in the symmetry of its warp, weaving generations, spaces and times, exploring the female soul in all its complexity and grandeur while bringing together the saga of immigrations, the relations between North and South, and the spiritual quests or our time. With an astonishing richness of settings, that goes from Guatemala, the Atacama Desert, and other Latin American places to Ontario, Canada, where the town of Almonte preserves the legacy of the Mexican general Juan Almonte; there, three generations of women intertwine their lives as in the spider’s web of Apasanka. Readers will be indeed fascinated by this colourful embroidery of the human condition.