Manlio Argueta was born in El Salvador in 1935 and now lives in exile in Costa Rica. He is the author of five novels. ‘A Day in the Life in El Salvador’ (Granta 9) was his first work of fiction to appear in English.
‘I have not failed you, José. I understand that you were saying goodbye when you opened your eye, and that, besides greeting me, you were expressing your pride in me, seeing me standing with my arm around the shoulders of your granddaughter.’
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