![]() ![]() ![]() This sounds depressing, but it’s not moving and thought provoking are nearer the mark. Neuman’s powerful book tackles the difficult topics of loss, grief, loneliness and aging. Whether that was the right thing to do or not is a question that Mario cannot answer. ![]() He thinks that Mario has just had a virus infection, as Mario has been careful to keep his illness hidden from his son. Lito is thrilled to be going on the trip and does not realise that his father is so ill. Mario is terminally ill and his wife has agreed that he can take Lito on a road trip in a truck (called Pedro) to create a special father-son memory. Three people alternately narrate Talking to Ourselves: Mario, his wife Elena and their ten-year-old son Lito. Or rather, it describes the emotional and spiritual journeys of the protagonists as well as a physical one. Talking to Ourselves is a spare and compact novel quite a contrast to the previous book’s Enlightenment wanderings, but it describes a journey nonetheless. ![]()
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