Traverse Chile's literary and geographic landscape with some of its best writers. Let Ariel Dorfman take you to Santiago with a prodigal son, discovering his own country for the first time; travel to the remote south with Enrique Valdes, and enjoy the charms of Valparaiso with Pablo Neruda.

Contents:                 

The poet, wine, and sheep / Darío Oses -- I tremble torero / Pedro Lemebel -- Curfew / José Donoso -- The nanny and the iceberg / Ariel Dorfman -- My name is Ingrid Larsen / Jorge Edwards -- Roaming in Valparaíso / Pablo Neruda -- Valparaíso, my love / Osvaldo Rodríguez Musso -- Seaside resort / Adolfo Couve -- Isla negra / Marjorie Agosín -- Until she go no more / Beatriz García-Huidobro -- The ghost of the German voyeur / Patricio Riveros Olavarría.; The señora of the nightgowns / Hernán Rivera Letelier -- The train ; Afternoon in the pampa / Roberto Ampuero -- Walking through the Atacama / Luis Alberto Acuña -- Deputies' street / Tito Matamala -- The Chilean forest / Pablo Neruda -- Black bird / Marta Brunet -- Window on the south / Enrique Valdés -- On the horse of dawn / Francisco Coloane -- Pikinini / José Miguel Varas.