Ana Teresa Torres was a prominent Venezuelan author whose work frequently explored the intricacies of the human psyche and societal structures. Her background in psychology and psychoanalysis informed a deep understanding of her characters' motivations and the development of their inner lives. Torres masterfully wove introspective themes with a critical lens on the social and political landscape of her time. Her writing is characterized by its incisiveness and its ability to reveal the hidden tensions within interpersonal dynamics and broader contexts.
Riven with themes of oppression and freedom, rivalry, hatred, shame, revolution and reconciliation, this is one family's 300-year-old history, and with it a history of Venezuela. It is the voice of the matriach Dona Ines that speaks, at first expressing outrage, at the end, a mere whisper.