Mamita
A duty the protagonist of this novel has postponed for decades now weighs on him: telling the extraordinary story of his grandparents and mother, whose roots trace back to the early 20th century in the Peruvian Amazon.
With his mother nearing ninety, he knows the time has come to settle that debt. And so, Mamita comes to life—a novel that intertwines two deeply personal threads: the memory of filial love and the very process of writing. Through city wanderings, jungle recollections, and literary reflections, the writer-son explores the nature of his family bonds, the social and racial tensions that shaped them, and the indelible mark of loss. At the same time, he wrestles with the challenges of storytelling, striving to capture what time so often renders irretrievable.
Gustavo Rodríguez delivers one of his most personal and introspective novels—a family memoir that is also an exploration of literary creation. A hall of mirrors where the fresh, witty, and confessional prose of one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary Latin American literature shines brightly.
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