María José Ventura

A Moon Made of Iron

In mid November, the dead ones appeared floating on the Strait of Magellan tied together to life vests, cellular phones, computers and passports. Two of them were found malnourished, another with scurvy and typhus and Yin Xinji’s body was never found. In June, Carmen’s cousin told her that on the lighthouse close to his ranch, a starving Asian man, hid there for three days before disappearing. Apparently, he headed towards La Pampa.

Samanta

Samanta, a girl from the streets, lives with Profeto, a Peruvian immigrant who adopted her as his own daughter. One night, Profeto tells Samanta that his wife and daughter have arrived to Chile to live with him. Their presence threatens Samanta’s permanence so she starts to despair and act self-destructively, trying to call Profeto’s attention and not lose her recently found home.