Literary Journey into the Extraordinary Nature of Chile

The Andean Cordillera with its vertiginous peaks, the waves of the Pacific Ocean, the vineyards with their tasty grapes, the Atacama Desert with its lagoons, the glaciers of Patagonia that even boast a deep blue colour, all feed the desire for an adventurous trip to that Chile that Pablo Neruda described as a meagre eccentricity at the end of the world. It is precisely literature, from Francisco Coloane to Luis Sepulveda via Isabel Allende, that is an ever-faithful and evocative companion for 'getting lost' in this long, narrow country with its extraordinarily varied nature.