Acclaimed Colombian writer discusses award-winning novel Colombian writer Pilar Quintana admits that it was only when she feared for her life that she found the courage to flee from her ex-husband and leave behind the home they had built together in the depths of the jungle. But getting over the abuse triggered a feminist combat that she has portrayed in the pages in her latest book "La Perra," with which she has tried to heal the wounds of her violent past. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES