The art of resurrection

The hero of the novel “The Art of Resurrection” (2010) - Domingo Sarata Vega, better known as Christ from Elka - “People’s Holy”, preacher and mystic, one of the most mysterious Chileans of the 20th century. Providence leads him to a seedy mine of Voshka, where the legendary pious harlot Magalina Mercado lives. The grotesque and tender history of their relationship, which proceeds in the surreal landscapes of the pampa, is like, according to critic, the first miracle of Christ - the transformation of the nitrate of the Chilean desert into pure gold of the word.
Ernan Rivera Letelier (born in 1950) is the most striking name in the New Chilean literature, the owner of numerous national and international literary awards, the cavalier of the Order of the Arts and Literature of France (2001)