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Nachtleuchten
“Night Glow” (title translated by AI)
María Cecilia Barbetta (born 1972)
English editions
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Buenos Aires, 1974. Ballester's car repair shop is a hotbed of utopian thinking, and a girls' school practises liberation theology. The men in the workshop follow the news breathlessly, and the barber is beside himself over the death of the president. A glowing statue of the Virgin is carried from house to house by the precocious convent pupil Teresa, past a hysterical little dog, a car mechanic who writes poetry and two brazen policemen. The suburb listens to the voices of the dead, sings and celebrates life, while unrest, violence and the threat of military dictatorship make the country ever more sinister.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Length
- 521 pages in the original
- Genres
- Politics, Historical (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- Argentina, 1974
- First published
- 2018 by S. Fischer Verlag
- Author's age
- 46 when first published
- ISBN
9783103972894 (original)
- More
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