The Witness

Juan Villoro · 2004 CE · Novel · Latin American · Contemporary

Julio Valdivieso comes back to Mexico after years abroad, as the long rule of the PRI ends, to work on a study of the poet Ramon Lopez Velarde. The return pulls him into the family, friendships and political circles he had left behind. The novel is widely counted among the major Mexican novels of its decade.

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