by Roberto Ampuero · La otra orilla · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788492451302
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«La otra mujer» is the thriller by Roberto Ampuero, published by La otra orilla in paperback (361 pages, in Spanish).
In Berlin, a manuscript from two decades ago appears: the original novel by the unknown writer Benjamín Plá. Orestes Cárcamo, a literature professor, tries to find out if it is fiction or reality; names and streets of Santiago and Valparaíso during the Chilean dictatorship coincide. In the parallel story, Isabel becomes a widow and becomes obsessed with the other woman.
«La otra mujer» was published in March 2011. Roberto Ampuero is also the author of El caso Neruda and Nuestros años verde olivo.
It will appeal to readers of contemporary fiction and thrillers with a historical background in Chile.
Roberto Ampuero is a Chilean author, columnist, and the former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Chile, a position he held from March 11, 2018 to June 13, 2019. His first novel ¿Quién mató a Kristián Kustermann? was published in 1993 and in it he introduced his private eye, Cayetano Brulé, winning the Revista del Libro prize of El Mercurio. Since then the detective has appeared in five novels. In addition he has published an autobiographical novel about his years in Cuba titled Nuestros Años Verde Olivo (1999) and the novels Los Amantes de Estocolmo ) and Pasiones Griegas. His novels have been published in Latin America and Spain, and have been translated into German, French, Italian, Chinese, Swedish, Portuguese, Greek, Croatian, and English. In Chile his works have sold more than 40 editions. Ampuero now resides in Iowa where he is a professor at the University of Iowa in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese. He was a columnist of La Tercera and the New York Times Syndicate and since March 2009 has been working as a columnist for El Mercurio. Between 2013 and 2014 he was Minister of Culture in the government of Sebastián Piñera.
