Imagining Argentina

Imagining Argentina

â‚¬Å“Remarkable . . . deeplyÂ Â inventive . . . Thorton has imagined Argentina truly; hisÂ Â inspired fable troubles and feeds our own intriguing imagining.â‚¬Ââ‚¬"Los Angeles Times

Imagining Argentina is set in the dark days of the late 1970's, when thousands of Argentineans disappeared without a trace into the general's prison cells and torture chambers. When Carlos Ruweda's wife is suddenly taken from him, he discovers a magical gift: In waking dreams, he had clear visions of the fates of â‚¬Å“the disappeared.â‚¬Â But he cannot â‚¬Å“imagineâ‚¬Â what has happened to his own wife. Driven to near madness, his mind cannot be taken away: imagination, stories, and the mystical secrets of the human spirit.

Praise for Imagining Argentina

â‚¬Å“A harrowing, brilliantÂ Â novel.â‚¬Ââ‚¬"The New Yorker

â‚¬Å“AÂ Â powerful new novel . . . Thorton seems to have weddedÂ Â his study of such writers as Borges and Marquez with thy his own instinctive gift for metaphor, andÂ Â in doing so, created his own brand of magical realismâ‚¬Ââ‚¬"The New York Times

â‚¬Å“Imagining ArgentinaÂ is a slim volume filled with beautiful writing. It is an exciting adventure story. It is a haunting love story. And it is a story for allÂ Â time.â‚¬Ââ‚¬"Detroit Free Press

â‚¬Å“The writing is crystalline, theÂ Â metaphors compelling . . . Its central theme is universal.â‚¬Ââ‚¬"The Philadelphia Inquirer

â‚¬Å“In a time when much North American fiction is contained by crabbed realism, Thorton takes for his material one of the bleaker recent instances of human cruelty, sees in it the enduring nobility of the human spirit and imagines a book that celebrates that spirit.â‚¬Ââ‚¬"The Washington Post Book WorldÂ

â‚¬Å“A powerful firstÂ Â novel and a manifesto for the memorializing power of literature.â‚¬Ââ‚¬"The New York Times Book Review

â‚¬Å“AÂ Â profoundly hopeful book.â‚¬Ââ‚¬"The Cleveland Plain Dealer
Country USA
Brand Bantam
Manufacturer Random House Publishing Group
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780553345797
Color Black
ReleaseDate 1991-11-01
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780553345797

Country	USA
Brand	Bantam
Manufacturer	Random House Publishing Group
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780553345797
Color	Black
ReleaseDate	1991-11-01
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780553345797

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