Requiem Por un Pais Perdido / Requiem for a Country in Agony (Spanish Edition)
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| Rating | : | 4.27 (805 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 9505118171 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 448 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | Spanish |
DESCRIPTION:
"A Great Writer Mourns the Land of His Birth" according to Marc Haefele. The Argentine-born Martinez is one of the greatest and least appreciated of modern Latin American writers. This is a collection of his essays from the dark days of the `90s, when, after a few years of recovery from its dictatorship years, his country fell into a decade of
In this book of previously published articles from newspapers we see two Argentinas. The first one two decades ago, a country sick of wars, dictatorships, and corruption celebrated the return of democracy. The candidate who prevailed portrayed hope and optimism in his campaign speeches; the illusions and hopes for the future grew strong. Twenty years later, we see a completely different Argentina; a country with long lines at consulates’ doors, one where too many have lost so much sleep trying to survive that they have forgotten to live.