Mar 27, 2018
It's a great pleasure to have Juan Fernando Hincapie, one of
Colombia's bright new things on the literary circuit. Already known
for the books "Gringadas" and "Gramática pura" he has now published
a new novela in English entitled "Mother Tongue."
Having read the book and laughed out loud in parts, it was great
fun to discuss this Colombian tale which may touch a raw nerve here
and there with his countrymen. But, you can relate, as you laugh at
the descriptions, family dynamics and hardly unique class system so
ever present in Bogotá.
"Mother Tongue" is to be enjoyed on a rainy afternoon in Bogotá,
when the rain only increases in its ferocity and drive and you are
obliged to duck into a non-descript and filthy café in an unknown
part of town. If you have done this, then you'll understand what
"Mother Tongue" is all about.