The Roncagliolo family has witnessed the history of Latin America close at hand, perhaps too close: exile, political violence, dictatorship, emigration and the exercise of power have been part of their daily lives. And amid everything, they read, believing it has the power to change the world, or at least to provide escape from it. The Library Under Fire is a conversation between a father and a son about a continent in flames, as well as about how writers are made, and the incredible power of literature. A conversation between sociologist Rafael Roncagliolo, Ambassador for Peru in Spain, and Santiago Roncagliolo, journalist and author of novels such as Red April, which was awarded the Alfaguara Prize and the Independent Prize for Foreign Fiction.
