Rodrigo Rey Rosa is one of the most famous and translated writers in Latin America. The novel, with which we are introducing the Russian reader for the first time, surprisingly vividly recreates on its pages the spirit of Guatemala, where luxury coexists with poverty, where everything is “not as it seems”... On one of the highways of the capital of Guatemala, a little boy was hit by a car. The driver fled. An incident that, in theory, should have gone unnoticed in a big city, on the streets of which similar accidents occur every day, gradually develops almost into a political scandal. * * *Rodrigo Rey Rosa is the “heir” of such writers as Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Jorge Luis Borges. Translated into many languages, his works brought him worldwide fame. “Enchanted Stones” is a novel about his native country, about how he sees it from afar, about what he wants it to become. An accident on one of the streets... One of those incidents that usually go unnoticed in a big city. And this event grows into a political scandal, which involves everyone - the police, journalists, lawyers, random witnesses... This novel is a sharp, merciless and at the same time loving look at modern Guatemala, where everything is “not as it seems”...