The anticipated American debut of one of "Granta"'s Best Young Spanish-Language Novelists: a daring, deeply affecting novel about the secrets buried in the past of an Argentine family.
A young writer, living abroad, makes the journey home to South America to say good-bye to his dying father. In his parents' house, he finds a cache of documents--articles, maps, photographs--and unwittingly begins to unearth his father's obsession with the disappearance of a local man. Suddenly he comes face-to-face with the ghosts of Argentina's dark political past and with the long-hidden memories of his family's underground resistance against an oppressive military regime. As the fragments of the narrator's investigation fall into place--revealing not only a part of his father's life he had tried to forget but also the legacy of an entire generation--this audacious novel tells a completely original story of corruption and responsibility, history and remembrance.
The anticipated American debut of one of "Granta"'s Best Young Spanish-Language Novelists: a daring, deeply affecting novel about the secrets buried in the past of an Argentine family.
A young writer, living abroad, makes the journey home to South America to say good-bye to his dying father. In his parents' house, he finds a cache of documents--articles, maps, photographs--and unwittingly begins to unearth his father's obsession with the disappearance of a local man. Suddenly he comes face-to-face with the ghosts of Argentina's dark political past and with the long-hidden memories of his family's underground resistance against an oppressive military regime. As the fragments of the narrator's investigation fall into place--revealing not only a part of his father's life he had tried to forget but also the legacy of an entire generation--this audacious novel tells a completely original story of corruption and responsibility, history and remembrance.
Imprint | Vintage Books |
Country of origin | United States |
Release date | May 2013 |
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Authors | Patricio Pron |
Translators | Mara Faye Lethem |
Format | Electronic book text - Windows |
Pages | 203 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-307-96227-0 |
Barcode | 9780307962270 |
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LSN | 0-307-96227-X |