The second installment of Argentine literary giant Ricardo Piglias acclaimed bibliophilic trilogy follows his alter ego Emilio Renzi as his literary career begins to take off in the tumultuous years 19681975running a magazine working as a publisher and encountering the literary stars among whom he would soon take his place Borges Puig Roa Bastos Piera. One writes Ricardo Piglia asserts only in order to know literature. Spanning the years 1968 to 1975 The Diaries of Emilio Renzi The Happy Year