This fifth book of the bilingual edition of the Cuentos Grotescos by Venezuelan writer José Rafael Pocaterra contains four stories about love, war and the Venezuelan countryside.
Can there be love in wartime? In Savannah Rose, an army doctor shares his adventures treating a patient in a countryside village.
Travelling the Venezuelan countryside, one might encounter The dead village it pays to be prepared.
Sometimes The Portrait is the only leftover proof of a truly impressive family history.
In The mixed motherland, the rebellious José Miguel resists the urge to leave his beloved Anama and join the war.