Set against the backdrop of the ongoing Colombian war, this brilliant novel tells the story of Mariquita, a mountain village that's forever altered the day a band of communist guerrillas forcibly recruits all but three of its men.

Left to fend for themselves with an ethically challenged priest, a transvestite and a withdrawn gay man, the virtual widows slowly emerge from their supporting roles as wives and daughters to become unwitting founders of a remarkable new society: an all-female utopia far greater than any revolutionary's imagined ideal society.

And when some of the men come home after their 16-year absence and try to reclaim their power, things get really interesting. . .

Deft, rich and darkly humorous, Tales From the Town of Widows & Chronicles From the Land of Men marks the arrival of an unforgettable new literary talent.