Iskusstvo voskresheniia: roman - Letel'er Rivera

The hero of the novel "The Art of Resurrection" (2010) - Domingo Sarate Vega, better known as Christ of Elka - "the people's saint", preacher and mystic, one of the most mysterious Chileans of the 20th century. Providence leads him to the seedy mine of Voschka, where the legendary pious Magalena Mercado lives. The grotesque and tender history of their relationship, which flows in the surreal landscapes of Pampa, is similar, in the words of the critic, to the first miracle of Christ - "the transformation of the nitrate of the Chilean desert into pure gold of the word." Hernan Rivera Letelier (born 1950) is the brightest name in the new Chilean literature; winner of numerous national and international literary awards, Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Literature of France (2001).