The memory of us all

The last decades of Latin America, by one of the country's greatest journalists and translator of García Márquez and Cortázar, Eric Nepomuceno, presents stories set in Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay, representative of the long and dark period Latin America experienced between 1954 and 1990. These narratives revolve around the trajectories of some remarkable figures, not because they are unique, but because they recall examples of what happened in all the other nations that lived through the same nightmare. The memory of all of us shows that a country will only be able to move toward the future if it is capable of knowing the full truth of its past, reclaiming its memory, and serving justice. • Winner of the Jabuti Prize, Eric Nepomuceno is the author of the short story collections "Cosas do mundo" (Things of the world), "Quarta-feira" (Wednesday), and "Antologia pessoal" (Personal Anthology), and the nonfiction book "O massacre" (The massacre), among others.