El Carretero de la Muerte de Selma Lagerlöf: Translation and presentation by Omar Pérez Santiago

Chill By Omar Pérez Santiago. The first time I read El Carretero de la Muerte gave me a rare chill, an ice wave swept through my body. The Carretero de La Muerte wanders through the dark and icy Nordic lands. It collects young people who die tragically. It is a spooky novel of ghosts and of the fearsome presence of Death. The reading of El Carretero de la Muerte gave me, at the same time, anguish, that grief that arises when the world is perceiv…