Project Description
Alejandro G. Roemmers
Argentina
Alejandro Guillermo Roemmers was born in Buenos Aires in 1958. He is a poet, author, and playwright. His published novels include Living Is Inscribed In The Present (“Vivir se inscribe en presente”), Dying Only As Much As Necessary (“Morir lo necesario”), and The Mystery of the Last Stradivarius (“El misterio del último Stradivarius”). He wrote the musicals Franciscus, A Reason To Live (“Franciscus, una razón para vivir”) and Return to Patagonia (“Regreso en Patagonia”) and has published numerous collections of poetry. He has received international recognition for his various philanthropic projects, including the St. Francis of Assisi Award from the Pontifical Antonianum University in the Vatican, given to a layman for the first time in 800 years. In 2025, he was appointed Ambassador for Peace at the World Organization for Peace (WOFP). Roemmers combines his position as a businessman with a deep artistic and literary vocation and the transmission of essential human values. Along these lines, he published The Return of the Young Prince and The Young Prince Points the Way, books that have been translated into 30 languages and have sold more than three million copies.
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The Mystery of the Last Stradivarius
The story begins with the tragic murder of a father and his daughter in a small town in modern-day Paraguay, a case assigned to two local policemen. It alternates with flashbacks that take us to the origins of the unmatched instrument, signed by the luthier Antonio Stradivari in 1737. From then on we see it pass from hand to hand across Europe until it falls into the grasp of a Nazi official who ends his days in Latin America. Each time and place is recreated with just the right blend of information and emotion, intimacy and atmosphere, historical figures interacting with fictional characters, all caught up in the centuries-long intrigue of which the instrument is the axis. The Mystery of the Last Stradivarius (“El misterio del último Stradivarius”) invites readers to embark on an exciting journey between the inherent laws of the detective genre and following a historical thread through the depths of the souls of those who have owned the instrument. The violin also functions as an amulet, a powerful object believed to protect its possessor from all harm. The sublime music it produces puts its listeners in direct contact with a supernatural dimension, highlighting the transcendence of art.
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The Mystery of the Last Stradivarius (“El misterio del último Stradivarius”)
Barcelona, Buenos Aires, Santiago de Chle, Montevideo, Lima, Bogotá and Mexico City: Editorial Planeta 2025, 368 p.
Complete English translation forthcoming in November 2024
Prologue by Mario Vargas Llosa
The first print run in Spain was 15,000 copies, in Latinamerica 25,000 in total.
France: Métailié, forthcoming April 2026, with a first print run of 20,000 copies
