Once upon a time in Colonel Pringles, that mythical little town of César Aira: There lived a seamstress with no taste, but with endless skill. Like many other women in Pringles, she had a single son. One day, she believes he has been kidnapped and taken to Patagonia. She gathers the wedding dress she was hastily sewing for the local art teacher, jumps into a taxi, and follows her son in a wild chase. When her husband finds out, he decides to follow her, and the catastrophe unfolds. Along the way, a whirlwind falls in love with the seamstress and reveals himself to her somewhere at the end of the world. He promises to fulfill (almost) all her wishes. A fast-paced novella in the incomparable style of the great Argentine author.