The Touch System

By Alejandra Costamagna

Book Overview

Ania receives a request from her father: to visit her dying uncle Agust n in Argentina. In order to fulfill her father's wish, she will undertake a 1,000-mile journey across the Andes from her home in Chile, a journey that will also be an escape from the present and a visit to the borders of memory. Ania's story unfolds alongside encyclopedia entries, etiquette guides, dictations from a typing class, half-faded photos, and letters between continents. An ambitious portrait emerges of alienation and belonging, and of two families and countries separated by a range of mountains. The Touch System introduces Alejandra Costamagna as one of the most powerful and subtle writers in contemporary Latin American literature.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1945492503
• ISBN13: 9781945492501
• Release Date: May 2021
• Publisher: Transit Books
• Length: 190 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 7.9"