Nueva novela del autor uruguayo/mexicano, desarrollada en un país latinoamericano ficticio –mezcla de México y Uruguay–, cuyo personaje central, Escipión Carrasco, simboliza a aquellos que operan en función del poder político en el degradado ámbito de la tortura. El relato es también una crítica a las debilidades de la democracia formal y a los regímenes autoritarios, represivos o dictatoriales que aún existen en nuestro continente, al amparo de una explícita presencia imperial.
This novel, written by the Uruguayan-Mexican author Saúl Ibargoyen, takes place in a fictitious Latin-American country, a mixture of Mexico and Uruguay. Its principal character, Escipión Carrasco, represents all of those who work for the political power in the decadent sphere of torture. The story also criticizes the weakness of formal democracy as well as the authoritarian regimes, repressive laws and dictatorships that still exist in our continent, protected by an explicit imperial presence.
This novel, written by the Uruguayan-Mexican author Saúl Ibargoyen, takes place in a fictitious Latin-American country, a mixture of Mexico and Uruguay. Its principal character, Escipión Carrasco, represents all of those who work for the political power in the decadent sphere of torture. The story also criticizes the weakness of formal democracy as well as the authoritarian regimes, repressive laws and dictatorships that still exist in our continent, protected by an explicit imperial presence.
