The Year We Talked with the Sea (“El año en que hablamos con el mar”) tells the story of twins Julián and Jerónimo, who are very close during their childhood on a remote island in the Pacific, but later go their separate ways: One never wants to leave his homeland, the other wants to explore the entire world. The love for a woman, Milena, and a misunderstanding that is not cleared up because the men remain silent instead of talking, will divide the brothers for half a century and leave them almost without communication. The only exception is an unanswered letter in which the mythical golden bell appears, which the twins once searched for together on the seabed off their island. When the journalist Jerónimo seeks inspiration at the end of his career and takes a trip to his homeland, he has no idea that he will not be able to leave it for a whole year, and that he will have to confront his past and his brother for better or worse. This almost mythical story is told primarily by a multiple narrative voice, the villagers who have set up a pub in a ship that has been washed ashore and turned upside down, from where they observe and comment on the twins’ every move. Will the two be reconciled? An unexpected twist surprises the reader at the end of this enchanting novel.

In Tony Nobody (“Tony Ninguno”), an Arab abandons a child in a village circus along with two old books: The Thousand and One Nights. For lack of a name, the boy is called Tony Nobody. When nine years later the trapeze artist is injured and the circus is in a precarious situation, she decides to memorize the stories and tell them to the audience. Her act is a great success: people come back every day to find out how the story continues, and the competition wants to poach her. Dreaming of a better life, the young woman will thus bring Scheherazade and King Shariyar to life to the point of confusing hers and Tony’s roles within the world of truth and illusion.

The Las Nalcas estate, the bosses and their children, muleteers, untamed colts, fishermen, bandits and old men who, before leaving, continue playing truco at cards. Their stories, running through all the tales, under the mantle of a liquid prose as fluid as it is refreshing, flow without forms, without predestination, but with a unique meaning. What is certain is that death, like rain, will always fall. To open the book Death Comes Creeping (“La muerte viene estilando”) is to escape from the daily anguish and to detach oneself from it into an anachronistic, unknown world.

This unique book invites you to explore Chile through its most breathtaking landscapes: the desert, the mountains and the coast; discovering the sea, lakes, marshes, forests and islands steeped in mystery.

Throughout its pages, you will hear the stories of those who inhabit these places, discovering the creatures that live there, the beasts that lurk in the night and the fears that haunt the locals.

Immerse yourself in tales that reveal profound silences and the presence of ghostly beings, in an experience that blends nature, culture and mystery. Bestiary of Chile (“Bestiario de Chile”) is ideal for those seeking adventure, myths and the most enigmatic essence of Chile.

During a storm in the foothills of the mountains, a traveller hears an old local guide recount a mysterious tale that took place on the Night of San Juan. Six friends, an enigmatic grandmother and a feared school inspector are the protagonists of a story in which the living and the dead converse to resolve their unfinished business.

Three Nights at School (“Tres noches en la escuela”), aimed at a young readership, weaves into its narrative the beliefs and traditions of Chilean popular culture, as experienced in provincial settings.

This novel serves as a sequel to Someone Knocks at the Door, although the two are completely independent.

A journey across the length and breadth of Chile is the perfect adventure for a man in his independent years. But in Someone Knocks at the Door. Chilean Legends (“Alguien toca la Puerta. Leyendas chilenas”), a series of encounters and conversations with the people who live in the country’s most remote villages will lead him into a world of oral tradition, magic and mysterious apparitions.

It’s summer, and Gabriel knows only that he loves poetry. In On the Horizon a Ship is Drawn (“En el horizonte se dibuja un barco”), as he begins one of his final years at school, literature will lead him to new experiences. Conversations with his former teacher and the arrival of some foreign siblings at his school will turn the world he was used to living in upside down.