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Springtime in a broken mirror

Benedetti, Mario, 1920-20092019
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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 1970s Buenos Aires, but her grandpa and mother - Santiago's beautiful, careworn wife, Graciela - struggle to adjust to a life in exile. Graciela fights to retain the fiery passion that suffused her marriage, her politics, her whole life, as day by day Santiago edges closer to freedom. But Santiago's rakish, reckless best friend is a constant, brooding presence in the exiles' lives, and Graciela finds herself drawn irresistibly towards him.
Main title:
Springtime in a broken mirror / Mario Benedetti ; translated by Nick Caistor.
Imprint:
London : Penguin Classics, 2019.
Collation:
304 pages ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Translated from the Spanish.
ISBN:
9780241302620 (pbk)
Dewey class:
FICTION
Language:
EnglishSpanish
BRN:
2718849
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