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Peter Scalpello
Arriving at a moment when the planet itself hangs between collapse and renewal
it celebrates the relationship between a grandmother (from Dominica) and her grandson as she tells him about her childhood adventures in the rainforest and her encounters with the mysterious Ti Bolom
JP soon finds himself blamed for a murder that he (probably) didn't commit
Lamento Juan Gelman Peter ScalpelloLamento is a love story that questions the possibility of reconciling the magic of infatuation with everyday life. The story begins with a fire an image which permeates the novel. The narrator, a writer, meets a theatre artist; their love feels ecstatic and utopian, completely untouched by the outside world. But with the birth of a child, the weight of the everyday turns their passion destructive. The woman fights for every minute she can to write,