Fabián Dobles Rodríguez was a Costa Rican writer and left-wing political activist. An author of novels, short stories, poems, and essays, he earned international recognition for his work that engaged with the plight of the poor and social protest. His writing is characterized by a strong social conscience and a desire to highlight injustice.
This latest novel by Costa Rican novelist Fabian Dobles (born 1918) recounts the story of an elderly man whose return to the village where he grew up evokes difficult, sometimes farcical, but ultimately valuable memories of his boyhood. First published in Spanish in 1989. Distributed in the US by Du