For decades, the Orient Express was the symbol of a diverse Europe filled with colorful characters, smells, colors, and flavors, united by this train, which, more than a means of transportation, was an extraordinary form of civilization and understanding between peoples. Mauricio Wiesenthal, with his captivating and fragrant prose, transports us to countries and stations, tells their stories and legends, and creates a vivid and evocative narrative, somewhere between memoir and essay. "Train literature must, by force, be impressionistic and confusing. The train gives us a destination, a distance, a beyond without transcendence or final judgment. And that makes the stories that, like nights on the train or love adventures, have neither beginning nor end, all the more beautiful and voluptuous."