There’s a lot more to be told

Laura Restrepo survived. This is not a trivial claim, especially after talking to her and finding out how long it took her to reach that point on the road. At the forefront are shocking memories of writing and political militancy, marked by resistance, that lives in this woman who, in spite of everything, radiates strength, vitality, joy and calmness.

We can say that these are just some of the characteristics that coexist in the work of someone who has written 14 novels to date among other literary and non-fiction genres. In his texts, after careful research, he reflects the various realities he has learned about, from the first negotiations of the government of Belisario Betancur (1982-1986) with the M-19 guerrillas to the migration dramas experienced by the interior of Colombia, those who go in search of the “American dream and fleeing violence, or more recently the apocalyptic reality that lives in the Gulf of Aden (Africa) and is the scene of his latest story, song of old lovers (Alfaguara, 2022).

The Colombian writer has just completed her last visit to the Greater Antilles, where she participated for the first time in the Havana International Book Fair, which she attended as part of a delegation from the country of honor, Colombia. Before the end of the trip, he received Jr at the Hotel Presidente, where he stayed, after talking about his work at the José Martí National Library and book presentations at other literary festival venues, very close to the starting point for his generation: the Casa de las Américas.

For an hour we talked about almost everything, or at least that was the feeling. Dialogues that seem like everything has already been said are really nutritious. Winston Churchill said that “a good conversation should exhaust the topic, not the interlocutors.” Laura Restrepo, without a doubt, corresponds to the phrase of the British Prime Minister and is caring, ready to exchange calmly, happy to be in Cuba, a land for which she is extremely grateful.

“Coming here is always an occasion for deep emotions, because many of us carry Cuba in our hearts. I belong to a generation that recognizes itself as the Cuban revolution. For me, as a Latin American, the resistance of Cuba is the struggle of Latin America. They received me here during my years of exile, and I was able to write a good part of my first book thanks to your generosity.” this text storylaugh with enthusiasm (1986), in which the author recounts the first peace negotiations that Colombia undertook to end the armed conflict between the government and the M-19 guerrilla group between 1984 and 1985.

Restrepo served on the negotiating commission of this government and as a journalist – a profession in which he practiced for 20 years – documented step by step the process, every bloodshed, outrage, progress and disagreement between the parties. I have almost everything documented.

That negotiation process failed and became a persecution for its participants, which forced Laura to go into exile with many others to Mexico, to later land in Cuba, where she turned all the documentation into a large report, which in principle was to become the “Story of one man “. betrayal, condemnation of the fickleness and complicity of the elite and the military that contributed to the failure and persecution of the first of the attempts to bring peace to Colombia.

“I wrote by hand, and then my Cuban friends printed what was sent to the publisher. I am a witness to the importance that Cuba has had in achieving peace in my country, and that is why I am so happy that today we Colombians are gathered here and can offer something, but at the same time, we are hurt that because of the promotion of peace in Another country, Cuba, is named as a state that encourages terrorism: this is an unforgivable contradiction,” comments the 73-year-old author.

For Restrepo, the word “enthusiasm” contains a very valuable concept, in which he fervently believes. “An unbeliever will tell you, but I believe in great myths and delights – this is the elevation of the soul before something greater than you. So for me, it’s about chasing those streaks of enthusiasm in cities that usually spring up under the most difficult of circumstances. That hardened human spirit is manifested there in resistance, and this is largely due to not losing the fighting character. Militancy consists in grasping the “crust” of the cable where it releases the most current.

– There were many “bare wires” in your life.

– Well, as a Colombian, why not? -Smile-. As a Colombian, you either lock yourself in your house, close your eyes and cover yourself with blankets, or throw yourself into the great maelstrom that has been our life as a nation.

Inside the whirlpool of fantasy

Laura, she says, never made a conscious decision to write literature. history of enthusiasm This is an excellent report, which was the result of the need to release all the information that he had and that no other newspaper of the time wanted to publish after the failure of the negotiations. So it happened with his second publication, passion island (1989), investigation on an island where 60 castaways were trapped for nine years during the Porfiriato era (1876–1911).

“It was more literary in style, but never ceased to be a reportage. Then I started by talking about leopard in the sun (1993), where I talk about the origins of the mafia in Colombia. counted vendetta between two families who were the initiators of that peace in the country. When I was working as a TV journalist, I documented that vendetta and in connection with various events, I decided to turn the story into fiction: I changed names, situations.

“The decision to do fiction was imposed on me by the way. Writing itself led me down the paths without necessarily making those decisions,” says the writer, who has several literary awards to her credit, including the Alfaguara Prize for Novel for Novel. Rave (2004), Columbian portrait from the 1980s.

The fascinating life of Laura Restrepo, a story about which would not fit on a newspaper page. His inspiration, his insights into the past, present and future, the experiences he gained during his visit to MSF in the Gulf of Aden, the death threats and finding the strength in survival to continue are some of the elements that make the author worthy of admiration, who still has something to tell.

Source: Juventud Rebelde

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