A personal expedition into the political and emotional past of a Latin American family grappling with a fierce dictatorship and the bittersweet experience of exile. "My brother is adopted, but I cannot and do not want to say that my brother is adopted," announces the narrator of this novel right at the beginning. The reader immediately finds themselves immersed in a personal memory that also proves to be social and political. From the drama of a country, Argentina after the 1976 coup, the story of a family unfolds in a dense and moving portrait. Adopted by a couple of intellectuals who would soon seek exile in Brazil, the boy grows up, gains siblings, and family relationships become complex. It then falls to the younger brother to examine this past and, more importantly, to rewrite the family's own narrative. A book in which emotion and intelligence go hand in hand, touching the hearts and minds of readers.
Resistance
Year
2015
Pages
154
Description
A personal expedition into the political and emotional past of a Latin American family grappling with a fierce dictatorship and the bittersweet experience of exile. "My brother is adopted, but I cannot and do not want to say that my brother is adopted," announces the narrator of this novel right at the beginning. The reader immediately finds themselves immersed in a personal memory that also proves to be social and political. From the drama of a country, Argentina after the 1976 coup, the story of a family unfolds in a dense and moving portrait. Adopted by a couple of intellectuals who would soon seek exile in Brazil, the boy grows up, gains siblings, and family relationships become complex. It then falls to the younger brother to examine this past and, more importantly, to rewrite the family's own narrative. A book in which emotion and intelligence go hand in hand, touching the hearts and minds of readers.
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