From Patagonia to Mexico

From Patagonia to Mexico
 Author: Hebe Uhart
 Publisher: Adriana Hidalgo Editora
 Number of pages: 256
 REVIEW:
 I write two kinds of travelogues, two types of impressions. One is freer, more subjective, where I appear more prominently; these are the ones that most closely resemble short stories. The other is more researched, with relevant information combined with my personal impressions. The genres are very mixed. There are short stories that can be read as travelogues and travelogues that are like short stories. I like traveling, and I like coming back. Flying makes me very anxious, and I prefer being back home. I was born in a small town: I like small towns. I find it more difficult to work in a big city. Small towns are manageable, I find them literary, and they also suit my personality. Even today, I arrive early everywhere; I'm still used to the time frame of my childhood. As a person and as a writer, I'm neither a country girl nor a city girl nor a suburbanite: I'm suburban. In a small town, I gather information by walking around, looking at the graffiti, the plazas, going to cafes, asking people questions. I like to pay attention to the oral forms that represent different cultures, the blends with rural life... The writer is obliged to have a keen ear for language. Hebe Uhart. These new chronicles by Hebe Uhart explore landscapes as diverse as they are interesting, ranging from Bariloche, passing through Azul, Los Toldos, and General Villegas in the province of Buenos Aires. Midway through, she takes a break in the city, in the neighborhood, and crosses over to the cities of Corrientes and Tucumán, before heading from there to Asunción, Paraguay, with Mexico as her final destination.