Pondré mi oído en la piedra hasta que hable

This long-awaited novel by William Ospina searches, among thousands of scientific pages and the testimonies of his meetings, for the most humane and personal Humboldt that is hidden there. In this exciting novel, with a curiosity and a mastery comparable to those of his protagonist, William Ospina follows the trail of Humboldt who traveled through America: "Beings like this very possibly mark the end of one era and the beginning of another, and Humboldt It sets up not just a scientific adventure but the beginning of a mythology we barely guess".