Published by Floricanto Press www.FloricantoPress.com www.LatinoBooks.Net #Latinobooks Latino Fiction book, Latino literature book, Chilean Fiction in Translation book, Latino Fiction Chile book, Hispanic Fiction book Beatriz, a journalist for a sensationalist newspaper, moves through the passages and galleries of Santiago, Chile, seeking to discover the mystery concealed by the homeless people, amputees and madmen who inhabit them. There are no drugs, weapons or financial transactions in this case, unlike in others she has investigated. None of her successful feature stories have what this one does: networks of child trafficking, photographs that attempt to emulate Araki and a company of actors with extreme ideas about art, which is why she feels an uncontrollable attraction for her investigation that can only be compared to the pleasure she experiences when practicing the ancient erotic art of shibari. In perfect sync at every specific point on the plane, as in a grid over a map of the city, pursuers and pursued observe and shift positions like pieces on a chessboard over the streets of a dark metropolis. A rope ties them together. The same one from which Beatriz hangs. Playlist is a volume that exceeds any definition or literary genre. In these poems about music, united by a lyrical pulse, the author traces a vital trajectory of love touched by death. According to the author, "For a long time Playlist carried this epigraph by Alex Turner, vocalist for the Arctic Monkeys: I poured my aching heart into a pop song. / I couldn't get the hang of poetry." Playlist makes me think that when I see that girl sitting on the ground in the metro listening to music, and I'm in the corner also listening to music, perhaps we are not so far apart, perhaps a possibility exists of connecting, of getting to know each other. Mike Wilson A secret of this book by Ernesto Gonzalez Barnert is that not only is it a "playlist" or "soundtrack", it is also the "soundtrack of a generation". Ricardo Martinez Ernesto Gonzalez Barnert (Temuco, Chile, 1978) is a poet with more than ten books published. He has received the Pablo Neruda Award for Poetry in 2018, the National Book Council Award for Best Unpublished Work in 2014, the Eduardo Anguita National Prize in 2009 and the Pablo Neruda Award of Honor from the University of Valparaiso in 2007, in addition to several other recognitions and grants for his poetic work. Among his latest books are the anthology No Man Is an Island (Buenos Aires Poetry, 2019) and the collection We Were Stars, We Were Music, We Were Time (Mago, 2018). Gonzalez Barnert is also a filmmaker and cultural events organizer at the Espacio Estravagario of the Pablo Neruda Foundation. He lives in Santiago.