Although there are many famed poets in Colombia, there is little published fiction by young women authors. It is rare to find any stories written by women less than 40 years old. Now, in this collection, 14 young Colombian women break that silence. It contains stories by MarIa Acosta, Olga MartInez, Juliana Borrero, Beatriz Mendoza, MarIa Castilla, Ximena MexIa, Andrea Cheer, Liliana Rico, Melissa DIaz, Ruth Rivas, Mercedes Guhl, Carolina SanIn, Pilar...

A metaphor of death, a secret meeting of ghosts. This novel depicts the end of a household in the heart of a crumbling country.

And old man and his friend sit on a park bench in Medillín, Colombia, and as time passes, and the city changes, the old man writes down the names of the dead in a small notebook, hoping that the number 657 will soon reach 700.

"El sueño americano se ha vuelto pesadilla, y tres latinas indocumentadas han quedado atrapadas: Bolivia y sus dos hijas, María Paz y Violeta. María Paz cree tocar el cielo con las manos al casarse con un policía blanco y norteamericano. Hasta que este es asesinado y a ella la meten presa. Pero la celda no es su peor calvario. María Paz descubre que el verdadero infierno la espera al otro lado de las rejas, y una segunda muerte termina de definir...