Cirrus@Austlit

A month after the funeral, a young man goes through a box containing his grandfather's things: cassette tapes, photos, diaries written in Spanish, a Che Guevarra t-shirt. He imagines himself returning to his grandfather's neighbourhood in Uruguay, to tell those who remain that even though he had emigrated to Australia, his grandfather never forgot them.

A series of anecdotes, the first set in Melbourne, the others in Montevideo.

In this poem, Don José offers advice to someone who has no inclination to work: 'que se vaya a Argentina (please) si piensa que esta mejor' [go to Argentina (please) if you think it's better].

Among the wishes Don José makes for Christmas is the wish that his friend Ariel, who has been in prison for seven years, could be freed.

A cautionary tale about a migrant family living in Sydney. Conflicts between parents and teenage children result in the children running away. The family is renunited only after the unexpected death of the mother.