Description
The novel My Last Uruguayan Sunset by Zoe Hochbaum is an intimate and emotional exploration—a return to roots, memory, and reconciliation with the past. The journey becomes a passage filled with nostalgia, unexpected encounters, and landscapes that help recall a childhood marked by both joyful and painful moments. Stops along the way, the bus, the old house—all lead the protagonist to confront absences, unresolved trauma, and the connections that tie her to a Uruguay that remains alive in her memory.
With endearing supporting characters, Hochbaum builds a narrative that connects the everyday with the personal. Soli must discover whether fleeing is not, in fact, escaping from herself, in an inner journey that becomes much more than a trip.




