Book Review: The Arid Sky
Book Review: The Arid Sky
By
Alejandra Oliva
Emiliano Monge's tale of power and corruption in northern Mexico.
This article is adapted from AQ’s print issue on how to make Latin American cities better
”This is the story of a man who, though he did not know it, was the era in which he lived.”
Thus begins Mexican novelist Emiliano Monge’s The Arid Sky, a tale that aims to reveal as much about a place and time — northern Mexico over the course of the 20th century — as it does about its protagonist, a rugged character named Germán Alcántara Carnero.
Monge’s novel airdrops readers into various...
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