A large part of The Peru Diary is dedicated to Latin American literature, which accompanies the author on his journey from the Selva jungle (the sunless lowlands of the Amazon) to the lakes of Ausangate, located 4,600 meters above sea level. His literary reflections include Sarmiento, Otero Silva, Roa Bastos, Arguedas, and other authors. The major themes of this great literature—revolution, resistance, and despair—run as a refrain through Archil Kikodze’s narrative. The author’s thoughts stay with family and friends. While he is on the journey, in December 2024, police forces in Tbilisi brutally assault demonstrators. As if to compensate for his absence from home, the author himself finds danger while wandering through the Selva jungle. Alongside the candid portrayal of a perilous journey, the book is also a farewell elegy to Mario Vargas Llosa—a final goodbye to him. In addition to the literary review, the reader is introduced to the astonishing biodiversity of Peru’s flora and fauna: the Huacachina oasis, the Salkantay trail, the “White City” of Arequipa, the trap-like jungles of the Selva inhabited by the evil spirit “Chullachaqui”; mountain and forest birds such as the hoatzin, caracara, Andean cock-of-the-rock, and many other species that are “a dream for naturalists.”