Fiction. "Mercedes Valdivieso's "La brecha" ("The Breakthrough"), one of the most remarkable manifestations of the triumphant passage of women into the literary world, an event no longer disputed and so spontaneous that the first novel by this new writer could, without hesitation, be called a mature work, while her style, simple, elegant and fluid, could be the envy of any seasoned novelist." - EL MERCURIO, Santiago, Chile