Best friends Anti and Fabián attend the Quito International School, where Anti plays the quiet, asthmatic English kid and Fabián the charismatic local. Fabián’s eccentric Uncle Suarez lures them both under his spell, infecting the boys with hisMoreBest friends Anti and Fabián attend the Quito International School, where Anti plays the quiet, asthmatic English kid and Fabián the charismatic local.
Fabián’s eccentric Uncle Suarez lures them both under his spell, infecting the boys with his passion for outlandish tales and adventure. Before long, these two fifteen-year-olds lose sight of the boundaries between fact and fiction. With confused emotions and a tenuous grip on reality, the boys embark on a quixotic voyage across Ecuador in search of an Amnesia Clinic that may or may not exist.A beautifully crafted piece of storytelling about storytelling itself, The Amnesia Clinic explores how truth can be so very much more fanciful than fact, and how the collision between fantasy and reality can lead to harmful delusions.