Volver a cuándo
Creator: María Elena Morán
Title: Volver a cuándo
Publisher: Siruela
Date: 2023
Language: Spanish
Description:
Synopsis
The definitive novel on post-Chávez Venezuela and its migrants.
A new voice worth reading.
"Life in the revolution was beautiful as long as it remained a promise. Then came the failures—those of the country and his own. When Nina asked for a divorce, Camilo not only separated from her but also from their daughter, Elisa: it was all three of them, or none at all. In 2018, while Camilo watches the crisis unfold from his window, Nina is struck head-on by it. His father, the country, and the revolution seem to have died at the same time. After Nina leaves for Brazil, leaving Elisa with her grandmother, Camilo reappears with a proposal for the girl. What, to him, is a desperate attempt to reclaim his family, to Nina is merely an intimate replica of the national authoritarianism he wields so well.
Through masterful control of time, action, and narrative structure, the novel aligns itself with the modern storytelling tradition inaugurated by Flaubert in Sentimental Education, where, for the first time, History was seamlessly interwoven with the protagonist’s personal conflicts. With a colloquial style rich in musicality and striking expressive discoveries, Volver a Cuándo explores, through the drama of a family caught in the social consequences of post-Chávez Venezuela, how ideals and hopes endure—and in what conditions—amid the minefield of reality."
(Source: Siruela)
"A novel of immense literary significance about Venezuelan migration."
—Diego Gándara, La Razón
"Volver a Cuándo sweeps you up, shakes you, fills you with hope, exhausts you, and moves you. Like living another life—one harder, more intense than your own. Like mourning what will never be."
—Ahora Qué Leo, La Sexta
"With her rich, unrestrained prose—relentless as a river, as a marathon—Morán breathes life into chaos. A novel that makes you feel, in your very flesh, the tragedy of Venezuela and its migrants. A new voice worth reading."
—Pilar Quintana
(translated from Spanish by Archivo Venezuela)
Subject: Literature, fiction, novel, Venezuela, migration, Brazil, motherhood, Maracaibo, Bolivarian Revolution, politics, María Elena Morán
Type: Text
Format: Printed book, ebook
Rights: External reference
Relation: Conversación con María Elena Morán a propósito de la publicación de Volver a cuándo.
Fragmento de Volver a cuándo (PDF).
https://mariaelenamoran.com/
Identifier: LIT0036
Collection: Narrative fiction
Tags: Bolivarian Revolution, Brazil, Fiction, Literature, Maracaibo, María Elena Morán, Migration, motherhood, Novel, Politics, Venezuela
Citation: María Elena Morán, Volver a cuándo, Siruela, 2023, accessed September 22, 2026, https://archivovenezuela.com/en/items/show/70