German translation of Leñador by Mike Wilson (Santiago: Orjikh, 2013)

Mike Wilson's novel Leñador (Woodsman) is widely recognized as one of the most significant literary works published in Chile over the past decade, receiving considerable praise and critical acclaim. Mike Wilson is an Argentine-American writer and academic based in Chile. In addition to Leñador, notable works include the novels Ciencias Ocultas and Némesis. In 2023, he published his first children's novel, Un niño llamado Gárgola, which received the Marta Brunet Award in 2024. His latest published book is the novel Dios duerme en la piedra (2023). A former soldier fleeing his past arrives in the Yukon forests. He is welcomed into a lumberjack camp where traditional tools are used for felling pines. With the axe given to him at the camp, he turns his search into a vocation, his surroundings into a lesson, and his experience into inspiration. Leñador has been described as a novel about stillness, certainty, and the texture of things.