From the depths of the Amazon to the heights of the Andes, can a journey through foreign lands explain the turmoil back home?

In The Peru Diary (პერუს დღიური), Archil Kikodze intertwines a physical journey through Peru with a deep immersion in Latin American literature. Traveling from the sunless lowlands of the Selva to the high-altitude lakes of Ausangate (4,600m), the author reflects on the works of Sarmiento, Otero Silva, Roa Bastos, and Arguedas. Themes of revolution and resistance echo throughout the narrative, drawing a parallel to the violent crackdowns on demonstrators in Tbilisi in December 2024. As if to compensate for his absence from the protests at home, the author faces his own dangers wandering the "trap-like" jungles inhabited by the spirit "Chullachaqui." This book serves as both a vivid nature guide—featuring the Huacachina oasis, the Salkantay route, and exotic birds like the Hoatzin—and a final, elegiac farewell to Mario Vargas Llosa.