Camanchaca

Camanchaca Book Description In Camanchaca, Diego Zúñiga describes a lifelong grief in his uniquely perfect style. A car that sets out to cross the Atacama Desert in Chile follows a route that visits the breaking points in the disintegration of a family, one by one. A young man struggles with his monotonous life, his father's sudden escape, and his uncle's mysterious death along the way. While everything in life has become a blur for him, he tries to make this long journey an opportunity to put together the most difficult pieces of the puzzle and start a new life. Camanchaca and Diego Zúñiga take a huge desert photograph after this fog, pressing down heavily from the sea and covering the entire desert... “An unexpected sound, a sight we have never seen before; An unpretentious, risk-taking, unsettling and surprising book.” Alejandro Zambra “This short book, which deeply affects and connects you, hits you in the stomach.” Publishers Weekly (From the Promotional Bulletin)