“Cisneros is a phenomenon in Latin America today.” – El País

“One of Chile’s most acclaimed writers.” – New Statesman

In their stunning, intricate accounts of life and death in Peru and Chile, Renato Cisneros and Nona Fernández uncover some devastating home truths. Two Latin American journalists with their fingers on the pulse of the region’s complex history reckon with the shadowed and secret pasts of family and country.

In the autofictional You Shall Leave Your Land, Cisneros struggles to draw the truth from reluctant relatives. As these truths come to light, the author finds parallels and collisions with the troubled history of the Republic of Peru.

Nona Fernández’s voyage in Voyager: Constellations of Memory begins with the Atacama desert. One of the world’s best spots for stargazing, it is also where Pinochet’s regime murdered twenty-six political opponents in 1973. Weaving together Chile’s political history with her mother’s failing health, and with our relationship to the cosmos, Fernández’s work is a fascinating chronicle of our times.

Renato and Nona will be in conversation with So Mayer.
___

Renato Cisneros was born in Lima in 1976, and is a highly regarded journalist, broadcaster and writer in Peru, where he presents current affairs programmes on radio and TV.

Nona Fernández was born in Santiago, Chile. She is an actress and writer, and has published two plays, a collection of short stories, and six novels.

So Mayer is a writer, bookseller, organiser and film curator.

Presented in partnership with Literature Ireland and Instituto Cervantes Dublin.