Instead of running away from Mexico City after his wife's death, Goldman decides to embrace the city. In turn, his experience with loss and grief helps him connect with a city and a country that, as he tells Daniel Alarcón, "is filled with untreated trauma victims."
Francisco Goldman spoke to Daniel Alarcón from his home in Mexico City.
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THE INTERIOR CIRCUIT © 2014 by Francisco Goldman; used with the permission of the publisher, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
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