Two men in uniform flee through a tangled jungle. They are deserters. They are lovers. Lovers fleeing toward freedom as they enter each other's prison. A first image as paradoxical as the fact that man can make time move forward by delving into the…

Contemporary Venezuelan literature is largely the literature of migrant writers. For decades—and for various reasons—Venezuelan writers have sought to settle in various parts of the world, with the United States, Spain, and other Latin American…