About this title: The horror of the Junta rule in Argentina is the subject of this novel which combines reality and fiction. The author uses an imaginary character, Carlos Rueda who has a gift for storytelling and an ability to forsee future happenings with unerring precision. People come to Carlos's garden on the Calle Cordova where he tells the stories of the "disappeared" - the innocents snatched away in green Ford Falcons to be raped, tortured, or worse. In the Plaza de Mayo, mothers bear placards with photographs of the "disappeared" in view of General Guzman at his window, who claims their grievances are ...
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Bantam
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780553345797ISBN:0553345796
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 240 p. Audience: General/trade. Book is solid but shows pretty good use on cover but a very usable copy read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Bantam
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780553345797ISBN:0553345796
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Book has tanning or browning due to normal aging process. Front page has a small tear. -, Trade PaperBack, Very Good / read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. 0553345796 Former library item may have library binding and show stamps, stickers or other marks. Items not meeting quality expectations may be returned. Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. read more
Description: Very Good. 0385240279 Condition: VERY GOOD. (Book may have one or a combination of the following characteristics: former library book, cover wear, name written inside cover, light underlining/highlighting, remainder mark, etc. Overall, the book is in solid shape. This is a blanket description. Please e us if you require a specific, detailed description of the book condition. We will typically respond within one week of your request). read more
Edition: 1st
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday, N. Y.
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780385240277ISBN:0385240279
Description: Cover Art. Very Good in Very Good jacket. Hard Back. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. X-Library with normal flaws...The hard cover and the jacket has very light shelf wear............We are very careful when we list our books, but sometimes something minor may get by. read more
Edition: 5th
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Bantam Dell Pub Group / Anchor Books, Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780553345797ISBN:0553345796
Description: Good+ As issued No Jacket. A novel by the Author of Under the Gypsy Moon. Rear cover scuffed up and has a crumpled spot that is a hole through it. Text is clean and binding is solid. (front cover looks good. ) read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: New York, NY, U.S.A. : Bantam Books, 1991. First Printing.
ISBN-13:9780553345797ISBN:0553345796
Description: Octavo, softcover, light wear to wraps else VG. The author's first novel, set in Argentina in the 1970s. This books won the Ernest Hemingway Foundation Award, the Shirley Collier Award from UCLA, the PEN American Center West Award for the best novel of 1987, & was chose n as one of the Notable Books of 1987 by The New York Times Book Review. 215 pp. plus exerpts from his new novel, Naming the Spirits. read more
"Novel of "los desaparecidos" in Argentina in the 1970's. Touching and sad but well written. I enjoyed the prose style of Lawrence Thornton and the topic is most interesting."
"It was hard for me to read this book. I understand the author's use of magic realism and clairvoyance to make the story poignant and haunting and ultimately, redeeming but even without these elements (which were very beautifully woven into the story), this book made me cry. I even had to put it down every once in a while. I can't begin to imagine how it feels to have a spouse, a daughter or son or any one close taken from you and know that they were being held against thier will, being tortured or even killed. The uncertainty can make anyone go crazy and I admire all those left behind for their unwavering faith and hope."
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