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THE NIGHT is a political novel about the financial crisis and socio-political division in Venezuela from 2008 to 2010. The title of the book, originally also in English, is a gesture towards the failure of Chavism - the legacy of the Socialist and often controversial former president of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez - to resist US influence. Yet, the form is unapologetically literary, a reflection on the depiction and distortion of reality through storytelling. Recurring blackouts envelop Caracas in an inescapable darkness that makes nightmares come true. Real and fictional characters, most of whom are writers, play the role of narrator in this polyphonic novel. They recount contradictory versions of the plot, a series of femicides that began at the same time as 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. The author shifts between crime fiction and metafiction, cautioning readers that the events retold are both true and manipulated.
Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
352
ISBN-13:
9780995580756
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0995580758
Udg. Dato:
20 jan 2022
Længde:
27mm
Bredde:
209mm
Højde:
139mm
Forlag:
Seven Stories Press UK
Oplagsdato:
20 jan 2022
Forfatter(e):
Books from the same author
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