A student accused of burning down the library at his university in Noruega escapes to Aysenin the southern-most part of Chileto send letters of heartbreak to his girlfriend. While there, he writes video game guides for destroying make-believe towns. He also attempts to find out whether or not a couple can escape devastation through literary dialogue. Can an ecological novelserve as a love letter and political review? This novelexplores possible relationships with love, support, and damage between two people. With its thoughtful prose, the book suggests that the best literature always stems from foreign, vast, and unsuspecting territories.