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Rodríguez, Carmen, 1948-
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Families -- Fiction.
Friendship -- Fiction.
Social problems -- Fiction.
Pogroms -- Chile -- Fiction.
Chile -- Fiction.
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Rodríguez, Carmen, 1948-
Families -- Fiction.
Friendship -- Fiction.
Social problems -- Fiction.
Pogroms -- Chile -- Fiction.
Chile -- Fiction.
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Atacama
: a
novel
/ Carmen Rodríguez.
by
Rodríguez, Carmen, 1948-
Roseway Publishing, an imprint of Fernwood Publishing, 2021.
Call #:
FICTION ROD
Subjects
Families -- Fiction.
Friendship -- Fiction.
Social problems -- Fiction.
Pogroms -- Chile -- Fiction.
Chile -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9781773634777 (trade pbk.)
Description:
239 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Profound trauma and the birth of grievances -- Extremism is in the eye of the beholder -- The pursuit of vengeance.
Summary:
"Firmly rooted in historical events and covering themes related to class, gender, trauma and survival,
Atacama
is the story of Manuel Garay and Lucía Céspedes, who are twelve years old in 1925, the year the Chilean Armed Forces perpetrated two massacres, one against striking saltpetre miners in La Coruña, the other against Peruvians living in Tacna. Manuel is the oldest son of a communist miner/union leader and an anarchist organizer of working-class women; and Lucía is the only child of a socialite and the fascist army officer who orchestrated both mass killings. Circumstances lead to Lucía becoming friends with Manuel and his family, and their lives become inextricably connected by a common denominator -- Lucía's father. Manuel and Lucía meet in person only a few times after their childhood friendship. However, their relationship deepens as they come to understand that their lives are connected not only by the actions of Lucía's father, but also by a keen understanding of the other's emotional predicaments and by their commitment to social justice.
Atacama
delves deeply into the characters' psyches and follows their development to adulthood while tackling the dialectical relationship between historical events and the individual, and also addressing issues such as art and journalism vis à vis political ideals."--Provided by publisher.
Genre:
Historical fiction.
Canadian fiction.
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