The General in His Labyrinth

Simón Bolívar. The Liberator, the greatest of the heroes of the war for independence, a legendary man. A ruler who voluntarily renounced power. Not long ago, he commanded armies and ruled over nations, and suddenly – resignation... The last months of Bolívar's life are a period about which historians know almost nothing. However, under the pen of the greatest master of magical realism, legend turns into truth, and truth into myth. Facts are merely the framework for the true plot of the book. And the quite real "last journey" of the aged Bolívar down the river becomes a pilgrimage from the world of the living to the world beyond – a journey along the road of memories, where the general must finally take stock of all those he loved or hated in this life…