The Secret Life of a Writer

Hernán Rivera Letelier

NOVEL. PRH, 2023. 174 PAGES.

The Secret Life of a Writer - a confessional novel - offers a glimpse of the world from which the winner of the Chilean National Award for Literature crafted his work: the stories from the pampas and the salt flats that he decided to set down in writing, his encounters with characters that inspired him and ‘set his inner gremlin alight', and the life experiences he turned into literature.
The final resting place of Queen Isabel, what happened to El Cristo de Elqui, why he decided to write a novel about the massacre at the Santa María de Iquique school, and how he brought the girl from the Movie Teller to life, are just a few of the anecdotes shared here with exemplary humour, wit and skill.
This is a book that reveals truths not just about the unforgettable stories told by Hernán Rivera Letelier, but also - or perhaps above all - about the man himself.
‘Hernán Rivera Letelier hasn't just brought the world's attention to northern Chile, as is shown by the many translations of his work into different languages, he has also placed some of the most unforgettable characters in Chilean literature on that enormous stage.'
Raúl Zurita.

PUBLISHED BY: Spanish PRH

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