Any Son: A Guatemala-born Writer Reflects on Fatherhood and Memory

In a newly published study, a Guatemalan writer revisits the literary universe that marks his career: a constellation built around family memories, the father figure, grandparents, and intimate acquaintances. This author does not abandon other speculative projects; instead, he threads identity issues through memory, the precise role of work, uprooting, destiny, and the unfolding of family stories in both Guatemala and abroad where his narrator has gathered experience. A fresh invitation arrives with the book Any Son, a text that expands a longstanding meditation on fatherhood. The work chronicles the first five years of his child’s life, written with a clear awareness of what fatherhood means and the tensions it can reveal. Despite potential contradictions, every new father will find much to reflect on as Guatemala’s voice resonates through these pages. The central hero here is a parent, and the book becomes a shared learning journey that mirrors the author’s own early life in readerhood and writing.