I first picked up Gabriela Wiener’s Undiscovered under the impression that it was a memoir. Following the author as she deals with her father’s death, the book is both a remembrance of that loss, as well as a personal look at the legacy of colonialism in Peru. As her last name suggests, the author is a descendant of Charles Wiener, the white man who almost rediscovered Machu Picchu (an important failure). Wiener seamlessly weaves a recounting of her personal journey with grief and recovery with […]