A. A. Alvarez

A. A. Alvarez (born 19 February 1982) is the author of Chronicles of a Nomad: Memoirs of an Immigrant (2009) and v2036: A Tale of Sociopolitical Change in a Militarized Venezuela (2010). Born Alex Alberto Alvarez and raised in Venezuela, he grew up in Caracas and left his country after witnessing several revolts, a major economic disaster, and two coup attempts.
Alvarez first hit the literary scene with his work Chronicles of a Nomad: Memoirs of an Immigrant (2009), a first-person adventure told from the perspective of an intrepid young man who grew up realizing that home wasn't the place where he was born. Six months later, he followed up with the Spanish version titled, Crónicas de un Nómada: Memorias de un Inmigrante (2009), and twelve months later with "v2036" (2010), a political novel in which he sends Carlos Rodríguez, the "nomad" from his first novel, back to his home country.
Taking historical events as a starting point, v2036 pushes the boundaries of fiction with characters in pivotal roles that will alter not just the way that these events enfolded, but the influence they had in the current socio-political climate of the controversial Bolivarian Republic. As the timeline advances, the story flows through the Venezuela that was to the one that is, and to the one that it might become in the not so distant future, always highlighting the rivalry that divides the most influential sectors of today's Venezuelan society.
Chronicles of a Nomad: Memoirs of an Immigrant serves as a prequel to v2036 and provides an insider's perspective to the world of immigration. It highlights the reasons that entice many of today's young Latin Americans, even those born wealthy, to leave their home countries and try their luck in other continents.
While Alvarez's first novel is too a work of fiction, it is a reflection of his own experiences and also those of the many immigrants with whom he has crossed paths. His native language is Spanish and though he also speaks Greek, he has announced he'll continue publishing his works in English.
List of Published Works
* Chronicles of a Nomad: Memoirs of an Immigrant (15 January 2009), ISBN 978-960-930918-9
* Crónicas de un Nómada: Memorias de un Inmigrante (15 October 2009), ISBN 978-960-931499-2
* v2306: A Tale of Sociopolitical Change in a Militarized Venezuela (05 October 2010), ISBN 978-960-92785-0-8

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