A geologist, a microbiologist and a town planner take a journey into the strange regions of Chile s secret heart. They are exposed to astonishing landscapes and species, and encounter a variety of Chile s indigenous inhabitants. They are, respectively, a Chilean ex-fugitive from the Pinochet regime, a Frenchman, and an Englishman, who represents Cronin and reproduces the author s Chilean journey in a semi-fictionalized form. The beliefs and inner...