A new critical review of Zogru has been published in Santiago de Chile in El Mercurio, a leading newspaper with a long-standing liberal tradition. The article is signed by Pedro Gandolfo, who offers an in-depth reading of the novel’s thematic and stylistic complexity.
In his piece titled Un espíritu ligeramente inquieto, Gandolfo emphasizes the novel’s shifting tonalities—by turns humorous, tragic, fierce, fantastic, and luminous—drawing a comparison with the paintings of Chagall. Beyond these stylistic variations, the review highlights what it identifies as the novel’s central theme: the profound loneliness of the human spirit deprived of love.
“Full of humor in some passages, in others tragic and fierce, at times fantastic and luminous, like a painting by Chagall, what ultimately prevails in this wonderful story (Zogru) is the image of the terrible solitude in which the human spirit finds itself when deprived of love.”
(Pedro Gandolfo, El Mercurio, August 19, 2018)
The publication of this review further confirms the sustained international reception of Zogru and the interest of Latin American critics in Doina Ruști’s fiction, situated at the crossroads of myth, history, and reflections on the human condition.
