Mandarino
Ezequiel Pérez

FICTION | 2023 | 144 pages

A short and unique novel that maps out the expedition of a people along the Paraná River in search for shelter from the cold, famine and scarcity

Faced with famine and a lack of fish, an entire town decides to go on an expedition down the Paraná river in search of goldfish. Led by Mansa, they travel along different coasts where they try to establish themselves. When their last hope seems to have been exhausted, the voice of Mandarino —the Chief Chronicler of the Helplessness and Cartographer of a Single Line— receives an unusual power that allows him to see the future.

Ezequiel Pérez adopts the traditional topics covered by the chronicles of the Indies to establish a new territory and write a decidedly unique story. With a distorted syntax that invents a new language, he takes a look at the bonds formed within a group of people whose apparent only share the search for a place to settle and alleviate their most basic needs, while recognizing themselves in the beauty of the landscape.

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RIGHTS: spanish ETERNA CADENCIA

BY EZEQUIEL PÉREZ:

Mandarino
FICTION, 2023