"A point in case is his "Our Lady of the Assassins," based on the autobiographical novel of one of Colombia's best writers, Fernando Vallejo, whose work has yet to be translated into English and published in the United States. One of the most important new Latin American writers, Vallejo is famous i[...]

Rufino Jos Cuervo was a remarkable man: in the country of doctors aspiring to become presidents, he was neither a doctor nor did he aspire to anything. A self-taught man, he becomes an expert in the language and decides to settle in France, where he undertakes a colossal piece of work: the Dictionar[...]