Jeremías Gamboa

Endearing and sometimes obsessive young people who suffer from belonging to a place that feels strange to them and from a pressing sense of alienation—these are the characters in these stories. They move between illusion, nostalgia, disconnection, anxiety, and helplessness, and they are deeply moving in their urgent desire to escape. To run away.

In this book, Gamboa gives shape to the multifaceted face of Lima—a city that is at once jarring and profound, grotesque and playful, nocturnal and radiant; a space where everything seems possible. The result is a collection of unforgettable stories, a debut work of fiction in which some of the author’s fundamental themes are already present: friendship, the need for self-affirmation, the urgency to connect with others, and the discovery of the world.