“Cuánto viven las casas is the story of a period of uprooting and lack of belonging, both in the territory and in a time when the author’s family ties are broken, exposing the fragility of her children’s childhood and her own motherhood. The encounter with the dramatic territory of Chile, among mountains, the striking Andean mountain range, the strength of the cold Pacific Ocean, the constant earthquakes and fires, a Chile marked by dictatorship… a lot of silence and foreigners are not welcome.

Moving from uprooting to bonding with place and territory. The encounter with a new territory and the loss of primary bonds during the upbringing in the midst of internal tremors crossed by constant seismic tremors The narrow territory (desert, valleys, lakes, forests) delimited on one side by the Pacific sea and on the other by the mountain range that captivates and frightens at the same time: tremors, tsunamis, fires… the history of the dictatorship always behind… much silence and foreigners are not welcome. ” - Publisher