The Dream of My Return
El Salvador

The Dream of My Return

by Horacio Castellanos Moya

Revolution & Change Literary Fiction 2015

Summary

El Salvador’s civil war is nearing its end, and exiled journalist Erasmo Aragón is preparing to return home after years in Mexico. Hoping to start a new life, he also wants to escape his troubled marriage and the anxieties that have consumed him. But when a doctor prescribes hypnosis to treat his persistent liver pain, Erasmo becomes obsessed with the memories and secrets buried in his subconscious. Haunted by political violence, uncertain recollections, and increasingly paranoid suspicions, he begins to lose his grip on reality. Darkly comic and psychologically unsettling, this novel explores exile, memory, and the complicated longing to return to a homeland transformed by violence.

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Horacio Castellanos Moya
Horacio Castellanos Moya

Horacio Castellanos Moya is a Honduran-born Salvadoran novelist and journalist known for his dark humour, restless prose, and unflinching portrayals of political violence and psychological turmoil in Central America. Born in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, in 1957, he grew up in El Salvador and later worked as a journalist and editor in several Latin American countries. His writing often examines the lingering effects of civil war, authoritarianism, exile, and ideological conflict on individuals and families. His acclaimed novels include Senselessness, Revulsion: Thomas Bernhard in San Salvador, and Tyrant Memory. Several of his books form part of a connected fictional universe centred on the Aragón family, including The Dream of My Return. After experiencing threats related to his writing, Castellanos Moya lived in exile in various countries. He currently teaches creative writing and media at the University of Iowa.

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