Juan Gabriel Vasquez signs a fascinating “Retrospective”

Colombia’s political past resonates in all of Juan Gabriel Vasquez’s books, from The Secret History of Costaguana (Threshold, 2010). The novelist has since continued to approach the present day. A retrospective talks about the 1960s and discusses its consequences up to the present day through real people and events. The retrospective of the title is two-way. Born in 1950, filmmaker Sergio Cabrera is at the center of the story. In 2016, he was invited to present his films in Barcelona. His father, Fausto Cabrera, has just died in Bogota. Sergio decides not to return for the funeral, to play his role as guest of honor, to take the opportunity to talk to his son, a young adult who is studying in Spain, and to try to reconnect with his wife. Portugese. Above all, these few days of suspension lead him to look back on his past.