Los Pichiciegos (Largo Recorrido) - Softcover

Fogwill

Softcover

ISBN 10: 8492865105 ISBN 13: 9788492865109

Publisher: Editorial Periferica, 2011

Synopsis

Told from the point of view of a survivor of the Falklands War, Los pichiciegos follows a band of Argentinean soldiers who, after the construction of an underground refuge, desert the army in the middle of the conflict and create their own community. After their desertion, survival becomes their primary focus, and in order to eat, keep warm, see in the dark, andmost importantlyremain undiscovered, they have to deal both with their own side and that of the English. A captivating novel of the experience of war and of life itself, this book represents a high-water mark in late 20th-century Latin American literature.

Un relato construido a partir de las declaraciones de un sobreviviente de la Guerra de las Malvinas, Los pichiciegos sigue a un grupo de soldados argentinos que, tras la construccion de un refugio subterraneo, desertan del ejercito, en plena guerra, para crear una comunidad con sus propias leyes. Todo gira entonces en torno a la sobrevivencia, y para poder comer, mantenerse calientes, ver en la oscuridad ylo mas importante de todono ser descubiertos, tienen que traficar tanto con su propio bando como con el de los ingleses. Esta novela cautivadora sobre la experiencia de la guerra y de la vida misma representa la cumbre de la literatura latinoamericana a finales del siglo XX."

About this title

About the Author:

Rodolfo Fogwill, who commonly went only by his surname, was an Argentinean sociologist, short story writer, and novelist. He is the author of En otro orden de cosas, La experiencia sensible, and Urbana.

About this edition

• Publisher: Editorial Periferica
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 8492865105
• ISBN 13: 9788492865109
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224