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An Empty House
Carlos Cerda
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Description for An Empty House
Paperback. Cecilia and Manuel accept her father's gift of a house, in hope of repairing their unraveling marriage along with the badly scarred building. The couple's efforts expose the horrifying truth about the building. This work offers a story of Chile, depicting the dissolution of an upper-middle-class family against a background of exile, and return. Translator(s): Labinger, Andrea G. Num Pages: 245 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3556 x 13. Weight in Grams: 318.
A story of contemporary Chile by one of its most prominent novelists, An Empty House depicts the dissolution of an upper-middle-class family against a chilling background of exile, return, and discovery. The stark and moving narrative suggests the enormity of the horrors perpetrated in Chile over the last decades, horrors that resonate through the culture to this day. Cecilia and Manuel accept her father’s gift of a house, in hope of repairing their unraveling marriage along with the badly scarred building. Instead, the couple’s efforts expose the horrifying truth about the building—and reveal the subtle strands of complicity, responsibility, and ... Read more
A story of contemporary Chile by one of its most prominent novelists, An Empty House depicts the dissolution of an upper-middle-class family against a chilling background of exile, return, and discovery. The stark and moving narrative suggests the enormity of the horrors perpetrated in Chile over the last decades, horrors that resonate through the culture to this day. Cecilia and Manuel accept her father’s gift of a house, in hope of repairing their unraveling marriage along with the badly scarred building. Instead, the couple’s efforts expose the horrifying truth about the building—and reveal the subtle strands of complicity, responsibility, and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
245
Condition
New
Number of Pages
245
Place of Publication
Lincoln, United States
ISBN
9780803264250
SKU
V9780803264250
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About Carlos Cerda
Carlos Cerda (1942–2001) was born in Chile and lived in exile in East Berlin following the coup that deposed Salvador Allende. In 1985 Cerda returned to Chile where he remained until his death. An Empty House received three of Chile’s most prestigious literary prizes: the Premio Municipal de Literatura, the Premio del Consejo Nacional del Libro, and the Premio del ... Read more
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