César González is a filmmaker and writer from Buenos Aires, Argentina. His first novel, The Resentful Child, is about a childhood cut short by crime, violence and prison.
He was shot six times at the age of 16 and spent five years in prison for an assault that ended in kidnapping. The book reflects what thousands of isolated children live on the margins of their country, he says. He says: “I never asked for permission. Neither to steal, nor to write”