In Lima, Money Can’t Save You from Loneliness in Old Age
A new novel follows seniors left behind in a changing city, as they prepare to make a final, radical decision.
This article is adapted from AQ's special report on cybersecurity "In truth, chickens face a better death than humans,” sighs Jack Harrison, one of the characters in Cien cuyes, the latest novel by Peruvian writer Gustavo Rodríguez. In its pages, Rodríguez explores the indifference that modern Peruvian society displays toward its elderly population, presented as shadows of an antiquated past. The novel centers on Eufrasia Vela, a woman from a working-class Lima neighborhood, who earns a living taking care of the city’s upper-class elderly. As the novel begins, Eufrasia works...
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