Este relato proviene del libro Memoria por correspondencia, que recoge veintitrés cartas en las que la pintora colombiana Emma Reyes cuenta su infancia, y cuyo valor narrativo y testimonial le ha merecido el título de clásico de la literatura del siglo XX
 
This story comes from the book Correspondence Memory, which collects twenty-three letters in which the Colombian painter Emma Reyes recounts her childhood, and whose narrative and testimonial value has earned her the title of classic of 20th century literature