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Gustavo Rodríguez in conversation with María Luisa del Río

Heart and memory

Arequipa 2025, 

Gustavo Rodríguez (Peru), Alfaguara Novel prizewinner, pays homage to his mother and grandparents in Mamita, in which family ties take us to the Amazon region in the 20th century and the social and cultural tensions of that time. A “delayed family duty”, that has become one of the most personal and reflective of this Peruvian writer’s novels. In conversation with María Luisa del Río.

LSP Peruvian Sign Language interpretation available

Gustavo Rodríguez in conversation with María Luisa del Río