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Narrativa Colombiana 2026 · Finalist
Los espantos de mamá
Title translated by AI:“Mum's Ghosts”
Gilmer Mesa · 47 when first published
Novel · 292 pages · Family, Politics
AI-generated summary:A heavy-drinking man from Aranjuez, a working-class neighbourhood of Medellín, finds work at the city's General Cemetery and is drawn into ghost stories and buried memories, which he brings home to his mother.