Cristóbal Nonato
Novel , 1987
Ed. Alfaguara
Acid rain falls on Makesicko City, the most populated, most contaminated city in the world. The mechanisms ensuring political control are implacable and festivities and competitions keep the masses amused, one of them being a prize for the couple whose baby is born in the first minute of the 12 of October. In his mother’s womb, where he hesitates and listens to the world rumbling outside, Cristóbal wonders: Is being born worth it?