seven children who have all taken different paths in life. Vertigo was screenplayed and presented in Jornadas Julianas de la Juventud in 1967, winning the first prize. His most famous novel is Mallko, published in 1974. It narrates the life of a humanized Condor ("a Mallko" as it is named in the Amerindian language Aymara). The novel has elements of fiction and magic realism, but ends up being much more than that. It is at the same time a vivid, real and crude narration of the life of the Andean man. It is a philosophical reflection on the man's faith of meeting his own destiny and the need to survive in isolation and constant need. It is virtually a compulsory text in Bolivia, Spain and in the signatory countries of the Andean Zone. In 1976 Mallko was included in the Honour List of the Hans Christian Andersen Award and described as "an exceptional example of literature with international importance". In 1979, the International Year of the Child, he published another novel The adventures of Miguelín Quijano (Las aventuras de Miguelín Quijano), in which he works with metaphors and references with respect to the quixotic characters to obtain a beautiful parable that ignites the creative imagination of the children and incites their interest for the immortal book of Miguel de Cervantes. In 1981 he published Beyond the Winter (Despues del Invierno), a drama portraying the dilemma of two brothers (Melitón and Benjamin) facing the decision of staying and caring their old ailing father or to go on with their own lives. Suárez died in the city of La Paz in November 1984, the victim of a sudden heart failure. Bibliography 1964 – The gesture (El Gesto) 1966 – A vigil for the last trip (Vigilia para el último viaje) 1967 – Vértigo 1969 – The girl from Hamburg (La muchacha de Hamburgo) 1974 – Mallko 1979 – The adventures of Miguelin Quijano (Las aventuras de Miguelín Quijano) 1980 – Beyond the winter (Después del Invierno) References External links www.gastonsuarez.org www.mallko.com www.librosbolivianos.com www.bolivianbooks.com 1929 births 1984 deaths People from Sud Chichas Province Bolivian male writers 20th-century Bolivian writers