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Alejandra Costamagna
Alejandra Costamagna is a Chilean writer known for novels such as Los malditos and Imposible salir de la Tierra. Her work, which often explores complex themes, includes
El sistema del tacto
Ania embarks on a thousand-kilometer journey across the Andes to bid farewell to her dying uncle Agustín, a trip that becomes a flight from her present and a descent into the blurred lines of memory. Spanning from the 1970s to the 21st century, with glimpses into an even more distant past, the characters grapple with the erosion of their roots and the feeling of being strangers in their own homes, families, and languages. This novel explores themes of displacement and belonging, the ties that bind families across borders, and the enduring power of memory and words.