Tag Archives: Ecuador

A Carnival of Atrocities – by Natalia García Freire, Translated from the Spanish by Victor Meadowcroft

Posted on April 1, 2025 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung)   Cocuán, a small town in Ecuador is doomed by a curse. Upon the death of Mildred Capa’s mother and the subsequent abandonment by her father, Mildred was intent on maintaining and working the farm. However, … Continue reading →

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Poso Wells- Gabriela Alemán (Translated from the Spanish by Dick Cluster)

Posted on September 3, 2018 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “Something crouches in the streets of Poso Wells, and it attaches the nerves like a persistent drumbeat. Whatever it is haunts the dreams of the residents, panting I their faces, slobbering them with noxious saliva and … Continue reading →

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The latest in our Immigration series revisited- Illegal: a true story of love, revolution and crossing borders – John Dennehy

Posted on July 26, 2018 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “For the first time in my life I know exactly where I want to be. I have found my home in the shadow of an Andean volcano in Ecuador. I’m about to move in with the … Continue reading →

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