"A little lie makes the truth to be stronger," said Alberto Fuguet

Friday 27 November, 01:29 PM Lima, 27 nov (EFE) .- The Chilean writer and filmmaker Alberto Fuguet believes that "a little lie makes the truth to be stronger," explaining the fine line between reality and there is fiction in his latest book, "Missing". Fuguet XXX presented today at the Book Fair Ricardo Palma in Lima this book she calls "nonfiction novel." In "Missing" Fuguet tells the story of his uncle Charles , a former hippie and former convict who "disappeared" in the U.S. and the family loses track for several years. In an interview with EFE, Fuguet says "Missing" denotes the "at 95 percent" of reality, but stresses that this kind of book, unlike the hard journalism, is a lot like the stories because they are sprinkled with the subjectivity of it tells, and "somehow is still telling the truth." In the research process managed to locate Fuguet his uncle and to interview him, he realized he "could not talk (about his own life) and less with a tape recorder." Therefore, to reconstruct its history, Fuguet had to be placed on the skin of their uncle, a task that left him very happy because then thanked her give him "a story" to his life. In the creative process of "Missing", Fuguet detective has had an experience that created "a bond" with compatriot Roberto Bolanos, author of "The Savage Detectives," and that allowed him to make one of the dreams of children, but then realized that this profession "There is nothing romantic," "Beyond the book, I found my uncle, which proves that I am not bad detective. Maybe I'm not that good writer, but I was good detective, ironically Fuguet, after emphasizing that "Missing" reflects on one of the great issues of our time: immigration and roodessness, as was the case of his uncle Charles. The case of the central character in "Missing" is a real tragedy, because this Chilean exile in the United States "lost their roots" and became "a wheel plant in time, "says the author of" Tinta r oja. "Therefore," not all Latino persons fulfill their dream, my uncle is an example ", he adds. Highlighting the fact that Latin writers write in English or another language as the case of the Peruvian Daniel Alarcón, Fuguet is reluctant to label the writers by nationality, because he says "the country has no fault of its creators," for him literature should be classified as in record stores, by last name. Still, it does bind Peru with Mario Vargas Llosa and especially Lima, a city that gives the impression of being on a novel by Peruvian writer where he also "became one of the crowning achievements of the Castilian," referring to the author's literary production of "The City and the Dogs "and" Conversation in the Cathedral ". Fuguet is not only in Lima to discuss literature but also of alternative cinema, specifically the movie is trying to do, the" garage cinema ", and" velodrome " 30-minute film that is still in post-production stage and in order to premiere early next year. The director of "For Lease" believe that cinema can be done on a budget, without all permits or obstacles in the distribution of work, as there are digital cameras and the Internet to reduce costs to circumvent the problems of diffusion. "We must break the pattern, revolutions are made when it breaks everything," says Fuguet, commenting that in the case of " Velodrome, "a film that cost $ 5000 and recorded three faithful friends. As for future projects, Fuguet also related that is exploring the making of the movie" Sweat "in the Peruvian jungle, and will also record the next year two short one on the American country music and to edit a graphic novel and a storybook. The Chilean, elected in 1999 by Time magazine and CNN as one of the American character of the new millennium, confesses that has become "more anti-first world" and hopes "the film looks like literature, which is an art, not an industry." Average (Not Rated)