This book is an attempt from me to you, dear reader, to discover yourself and highlight your true strengths that may not be obvious to you, but they are there. Man has succeeded in achieving what he never dared to even think about. He harnessed nature to his advantage. He softened the air. He cooled the water and warmed it...and controlled the universe with his finger from his place...and began to follow the world and communicate with it in his place...all of this was never raised to the status of a dream, but it became a reality that we live and enjoy...is it possible now to bear water on your body without warming it? This is the simplest example of human ability. You, dear reader, have amazing abilities within you that are just waiting for the moment they come to light. And here I am helping you bring them out. Read this book with your heart before your tongue. You will find that you are one of the richest people in your mental and personal abilities. You just need it. Rediscover yourself
Under the roof of a modest hostel in a poor neighborhood in the Chilean capital, a strange group of guests meets, including workers, trade unionists, students, traffic police, and performance artists. Let them all witness the last days of the rule of the Popular Union headed by Salvador Allende, before the bloody coup led by General Pinochet took place and changed the history of Chile forever. Thus, this hostel turns into something similar to an operations room through which some Chilean leftists try to protect the socialist government and stand up to fascism. And among all of them, Arturo, the braggart and virginal football player, coming from the south to the capital, and burdened with dreams of fame and unsatisfied desires, tries to discover himself and determine his position on everything that is happening around him.
“I Dreamed That the Snow Was Burning” is the first novel by Chilean writer Antonio Scarmeta, and one of his most important works. In it, the features of a special, diverse style are established in terms of rhythms and narrative techniques, in which imagination blends with reality, and in which sarcastic humor alleviates the harshness of dramatic events. The book is a living document of the dialogues, conflicts, and popular mood that prevailed in Chile at the most pivotal moments in its history.
