ABOUT THE BOOK

13 Love Poems and 9 Stories

13 Love Poems and 9 Stories is a bilingual English–Spanish collection that journeys through the phases of love — from enduring bonds and tender beginnings to the consuming fire of obsession. Carlos R. Mechoso poems are intimate, unsentimental reflections, while the nine stories expand these themes into vivid narratives set across Uruguay, Argentina, the United States, France, and Marrakesh. Love here is never isolated, it collides with democracy, religion, politics, and moral choice, revealing its power to sustain and unsettle. Blending spirituality with realism, this book offers a global, thought provoking exploration of love’s universal yet deeply personal nature.