Once in a while, a special and delicate book comes to our hands, which you want to read in small bursts, for example under the trees and the sun, in the bosom of nature or at sea. Imagine that you are in China in the 1930s, swinging between tradition and modernity, between war and peace. A world of superstition, rituals, obligations, secrecy and a patriarchal society. A dual world where reality and imagination, life and death, complement each other in a kind of delicate balance, as if according to the fluctuation of the wind. Imagine that you have entered a world where the spirits weave your path and give you a host of advice. And now, the heroine will take us hand in hand on a journey through a magical world surrounded by a host of characters, between reality and fiction. "The Imaginary Land" tells the story of a thirteen-year-old girl who, during the transition period between imperialism and Maoism, flourishes, dreams, struggles and discovers herself within family, friendship and love. "The Imaginary Land" – winner of the "Las Américas" award for best Latin American novel in 2011 – gives us a story full of magic, details and unforgettable corners. It is a book that also simulates a Chinese garden – intimate and fictional – that provides an escape from the outside world. An intoxicating combination of plants and flowers; a work of solid yet mysterious beauty, like the nature of those scents that surprise you as you walk and beautify your path. "Eduardo Berti tells us a story that we will not be able to forget with exceptional writing" Claudia Piñeiro "For thirty years I have been reading manuscripts and in all this time I have discovered only seven writers. Eduardo Berti is the seventh." Actor Bianchiotti "A gentle and deeply touching voice" Leopoldo Brizuela "One of the best love stories I have read" Jorge Volpi "One of the most talented and original writers writing in the Spanish language today." Alberto Mengele