The Night |
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Author:
| Blanco Calderon, Rodrigo |
Translator:
| Hahn, Daniel Hernández González, Noel |
ISBN: | 978-1-64421-040-6 |
Publication Date: | Mar 2022 |
Publisher: | Seven Stories Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $19.95 |
Book Description:
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Real and fictional characters, most of them are writers, exchange the role of narrator in this polyphonic novel. They recount contradictory versions of the plot, a series of femicides that began with the energy crisis. The central narrator is a psychiatrist who manipulates the accounts of his friend, an author writing a book titled The Night; and his patient, an advertising executive obsessed with understanding the world through word puzzles. This is a political novel about the...
More DescriptionReal and fictional characters, most of them are writers, exchange the role of narrator in this polyphonic novel. They recount contradictory versions of the plot, a series of femicides that began with the energy crisis. The central narrator is a psychiatrist who manipulates the accounts of his friend, an author writing a book titled The Night; and his patient, an advertising executive obsessed with understanding the world through word puzzles. This is a political novel about the financial crisis and socio-political division in Venezuela from 2008 to 2010.