Polidoro Editore in Italy has published the first of two titles by Uruguayan writer, visual artist and film director, Pablo Casacuberta (Montevideo, 1969).
A tender, witty coming of age story about featuring a lonely teenager working night shifts at teh Samarcanda hotel, Aquí y ahora depicts that crucial moment of transition into adulthood.
The novel was publshed in French by Métaillié:
“Aquí y ahora is a window open to the vast world, reduced to a Kafkaesque hotel beaten down by rain an
d wind.” L’HUMANITÉ
“A coming of age novel that pinches the heart and squeezes the throat with emotion…Our amazement, and our admiration. “ L’ECHO
“A small, wild jewel!” La Repubblica