Poli Délano es un escritor chileno cuya obra se caracteriza por una profunda exploración de la soledad y el desarraigo humano. Su crianza en un entorno internacional influyó profundamente en su visión del mundo, resonando en sus textos que a menudo retratan personajes en tránsito, en busca de su lugar. La escritura de Délano se distingue por un lenguaje poético y un agudo sentido del detalle, creando vívidos retratos de búsquedas de identidad y del sentido de la vida. Sus obras han sido traducidas a numerosos idiomas, conectando con lectores a nivel mundial.
En méxico, durante los años ’70, un grupo de perdedores se reúne alrededor del piano que, con maestría inusual, ejecuta un tal Javier. Allí se mezclan prostitutas, historias de exilio, desencuentros y buenas dosis de humor.
Poli Délano’s real name is Enrique. But when his mother was expecting him, Pablo Neruda, the great Chilean poet, took to calling him Policarpo. The name stuck and today Enrique Délano, also a noted Chilean writer, is still known as Poli. Besides his nickname, Poli Délano owes many happy childhood memories to Neruda. For a time, he and his parents, who were Chilean diplomats, lived in Mexico with the poet, his wife Delia, and their ornery pet badger. This delightful book recalls the period when he saw the fun-loving, eccentric Nerudas nearly every day. He learned a wide array of things from the man he called Tío Pablo — how to swim, what fate is, how to eat grasshoppers, how to talk to the spider-woman at the fair, and how to stand up to Nazis and bullies. Neruda’s almost childlike sense of joy, his love of nature, and his great enthusiasm for the world resonates with young readers.