Marcela Serrano

Part diary, part essay, The Mantle is a wonderful reflection on death and loss. Marcela Serrano addresses the mourning of her sister's death with a heart-rending and poignant account. Everything that happened during the year following this experience is disclosed by the author in this diary where, simultaneously, she intersperses readings about death that accompanied her during this arduous process. Done in the same poetic and informal universe that...

Camila cannot wait for her trip to Chiapas. Yes, she must work there and write an article for her magazine, but the recent death of her child has left her deeply depressed, and she needs to start fresh. In Chiapas, she is torn between reconciling her past and the possibility of starting anew. This is a tender portrait of a woman capable of facing her own contradictions.