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Los días del arcoíris

by Antonio Skármeta (Chile)
Author of El cartero de Neruda
Novel, 234 pages (2011)

As with El cartero de Neruda also by Skármeta, the backdrop of this novel is the military dictatorship in Chile, now firmly established and using kidnapping, torture, and murder to quell “subversive” voices. It is 1988 and the Chilean people have been given the opportunity to vote for or against the continuing rule of the dictator Augusto Pinochet. Creating a successful campaign for the “No to Pinochet” vote weighs on the shoulders of one man. It is a spirited story of high tension and vivid characters that interweaves tragedy and humor, resignation and hope. As always, the resource notes provide historical background, biographical information, literary and popular references, and all the vocabulary definitions to help you move smoothly through the book.

For high intermediate to advanced; adult readers

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ISBN: 978-84-08-09275-9

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