Los Desengaños

Book Summary
By explaining that the book title translates to “Disillusions” the reader is forewarned not to expect a happy ending. The name was that of an old sugar mill in ruins. The author’s father inherits the land and after years of struggle turns it into the bases for a successful cattle business. The book begins with some background about the mysterious ruins, mostly speculative since their origin is unknown, and then continues chronologically through the author’s childhood divided bet...