“Garoé” is a new magnificent book by A. Vásquez-Figueroa that received an award for the best work in the historical novel genre. The mysterious El Yerro is the most remote island of the Canary archipelago. At the end of the 15th century, Spaniards land on this edge of the world to annex the island to the holdings of the Spanish crown—and among them is a young lieutenant, Gonzalo Báez. He is full of hopes and desires to bring the “savages” to civilization, not knowing that harmony already reigns on the island—ruled by a wondrous tree, Garoé.
An astonishing book about love, loss, and human courage in the face of terrible trials.