Unlike the rest of the men in his village, Mario decides not to spend his life as an ordinary fisherman, so he decides, using his bicycle, to work as a postman in a small village, even though it only has one person who receives and sends letters. Chile's greatest poet, Pablo Neruda.
In his exile there, the poet lives as an observer and participant in the great changes taking place in Chile, and through small meetings and discussions about love, poetry and politics, a special relationship is established between him and the young postman who is immersed in love and enchanted by Neruda’s poetry, which he sees as his right because poetry does not belong to its writer but to those who need it. .
Through charming details of the human relations in a small village between the poet steeped in politics and the postman in love steeped in poetry, Scarmeta recounts the great political changes that took place in Chile and the rise and fall of revolutionary dreams.
In 1949, writer Helen Hanff began correspondence with a used bookstore in London, asking them to help her secure some classic books that she could not find in New York. Over the course of 20 years, letters are exchanged between her and the store’s employees, especially Frank Doyle, who secures the books and sends them to her. This correspondence begins with a request for a copy of Hazlitt’s Three Essays and gradually deepens, building a transparent human relationship between book lovers on both sides of the ocean. In the details of their personal lives on the one hand, and chronicling the history of the two countries on the other hand, it includes talk about the food crisis in Britain after rationing, the pivotal elections in both countries, the sports clubs, their social life, Frank’s family news, the development of Helen’s professional career, and even the method of making pudding.
Hotel California and other songs
A collection of texts written in three cities during 2018
Madrid/Istanbul/Sandiego
In it, the writer tells about the scenes she experienced in the three cities, the feelings she experienced, and the nostalgia she felt while on those short trips.
In Madrid, she had the pleasure of learning about Spanish civilization and some Islamic monuments. In Istanbul, she enjoyed sitting in cafes and simple alleys, and in Sandiego, she experienced the diversity of scenes, foods, and music.
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