The novel, Son Rıhtım, which made a high impact on the reader, was written by Alvaro Mutis. This novel tells what happened on the Tramp Steamer, a wrecked, stray, and tired freighter. Also, the love story between Lturri, who is the captain of this cargo ship and the beautiful Varda, is included in the novel. The author plotted his novel to be told by someone else. From the first moment he meets the Tramp Steamer, the narrator realizes that this unusual-looking ship contains a unique story. In the following pages, he will learn, by chance, all the memory of the ship.

Alvaro Mutis is not among the well-known authors in our country. However, Mutis was awarded the Cervantes Award in 2001. The author Marquez, who was acclaimed for his novel "One Hundred Years of Solitude", said about Mutis that both his life and works are prophecies that tell us that we will never find that lost paradise.

The author of the book, Alvaro Mutis, was born on 25 August 1923 in Bogotá. Part of his childhood passed in Brussels.Because here his father Santiago Mutis Dávila served as the ambassador. His childhood passed in his grandfather's coffee plantation in Brussels, the European capital, and in Colombia, where he came in summers. His memories here have been instrumental in his approaching the difference between Europe and America in the future as one of the fundamental issues in his works.

His work, Son Rıhtım, which is among the sea-themed books, received the Cervantes Award. This award is given by the Spanish Ministry of Culture. The award ceremony is held in memory of the famous Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes. The winners stand out among the writers who are considered to have contributed to Spanish Language and Literature. It is considered the equivalent of the Booker Prize for Spanish literature. Besides, the Miguel de Cervantes Prize is likened to the Nobel Prize in Literature by some people.

Mutis is regarded as one of the most important poets and storytellers of his generation in Latin America, after Gabriel Garcia Marquez. His works have been translated into many languages. Also, the novel has left deep meaning for the Turkish readers. The author's shaping of a love story around the theme of the sea was highly appreciated. The story of the cargo ship and its captain has been successfully addressed.