Richly描写的 family dynamics reveal the human cost of political upheaval
Multiple perspectives provide a multifaceted view of exile and history
Moving letters and diary entries offer intimate insight into personal loss
Engaging prose captures the emotional and historical weight of migration
Includes historical context of Uruguay's 1973 coup and its impact on families
Summarized by Shop
An extraordinary story of love and exile, from one of the great masters of the Latin American novel
Santiago is trapped. Taken political prisoner in Montevideo after a brutal military coup, he can do nothing but write letters to his family, and try to stay sane.
Far away, his nine-year-old daughter Beatrice wonders at the marvels of 19