La Nieve Del Almirante by Álvaro Mutis

A lyrical, melancholic tale that follows the peripatetic Maqroll el Gaviero as he becomes entangled with an enigmatic admiral and a chain of voyages, encounters and failed ventures; through episodic, dreamlike incidents the narrative blends adventure and memory, using the elusive image of white snow as a symbol for purity, loss and mortality, ultimately offering a haunting meditation on exile, obsession and the sea.