by Hernán Rivera Letelier · ALFAGUARA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789870415190
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«El arte de la resurrección» is the novel by Hernán Rivera Letelier, published by Alfaguara in paperback (264 pages, in Spanish).
Domingo Zárate Vega believes he is the reincarnation of Jesus Christ after retiring to the Elqui valley. In 1942 he seeks out Magdalena, a prostitute devoted to the Virgin of Carmen, to make her his disciple and lover. Together they preach the end of the world among the nitrate works of the Chilean desert, where the Christ of Elqui causes a stir with sermons and miracles.
Novel by Chilean writer Hernán Rivera Letelier, winner of the Alfaguara Novel Prize 2010 and originally published in 2010.
Hernán Rivera Letelier is a Chilean novelist. Until the age of 11 he lived in the Algorta saltpeter mining town, in the north of Chile. When it was closed down, he and his family moved to Antofagasta, where his mother died. His siblings went to live with his aunts. He stayed in Antofagasta, alone, until he was about 11. To survive, he sold newspapers. Later he worked as a messenger for Anglo Lautaro Nirate Company, until his thirst for adventure led him to spend three years traveling in Chile, Bolivia, Perú, Ecuador and Argentina. He returned to Antofagasta in 1973 and began to work at another company, Mantos Blancos. He married a 17-year-old girl when he was 24. Later he left for Pedro de Valdivia, another saltpeter mining town. He completed his seventh and eighth years of study at night school, and at the Inacap educational institute he earned his license as a secondary education instructor. Today he lives in Antofagasta with his wife and four children. He has received the Premio Consejo Nacional de Libro twice, in 1994 and 1996. His novel El arte de la resurrección won the Premio Alfaguara de Novela in Spain in 2010.
