![]() ![]() Then the two women are visited by the Pombero, a boy-like, stunted creature from Guaraní mythology. ![]() Brothers Juan and Matías are fighting their mother and Matías’s wife are struggling to survive in an imperilled and hungry Asunción. Paraguay is embroiled in a war against Brazil, let by a cruel and vainglorious Marshal. Now countries are fighting over what little is left, using pre-Oil Age technology such as steamboats and muskets of brass. Someone has bred bacteria that can clean oil spills, but it’s got out of control and cleaned up most of the world’s oil. Robertson does know something about Paraguay and in Out Black Spot (originally published as Findesferas), he weaves history, science fiction and Guaraní mythology together to create an original novel that is highly readable, but also – despite being quite short – has an almost epic quality.Īt the beginning, we’re in a post-apocalyptic world. “Well, you get cheap USB sticks there,” he said. “I suppose I’m wondering, why is Paraguay?” In a flippant mood, I asked someone, “What goes on in Paraguay?” One morning we drove past the bridge and I looked across to the opposite bank, which was dull-green and misty – it was a grey, humid morning. ![]() In between sessions, a number of colleagues crossed the bridge over the Paraná River to the Paraguayan side to buy cut-price peripherals. ![]() Some years ago I attended a conference in the Brazilian city of Foz do Iguaçu. I’ve never been to Paraguay, but I’ve seen it. ![]()
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