Escombros

In Escombros, a book that connects directly with one of the most emblematic and recognized works of the author, El desbarrancadero, Fernando Vallejo narrates the arrival of the night of the world, that time that goes from the agony of his partner, the Mexican set designer David Antón -which coincides with the earthquake that struck Mexico City in 2018- and his death, and the current moment, marked by a pandemic that keeps the entire planet in suspense. The personal story of the author, the loss of his life partner of more than fifty years and his return to Colombia serve as a metaphor for the present, a world in destruction in which the narrator walks through a city in which he can only see ghosts.