In the Company of Angels: A Novel
In the Company of Angels is the powerful story of two damaged souls trying to find their way from darkness toward light.Imprisoned and tortured for months by Pinochet's henchmen for teaching political poetry to his students, Bernardo Greene is visited by two angels, who promise him that he will...
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In the Company of Angels is the powerful story of two damaged souls trying to find their way from darkness toward light.Imprisoned and tortured for months by Pinochet's henchmen for teaching political poetry to his students, Bernardo Greene is visited by two angels, who promise him that he will survive to experience beauty and love once again. Months later, at the Torture Rehabilitation Center in Copenhagen, the Chilean exile befriends Michela Ibsen, herself a survivor of domestic abuse. In the long nights of summer, the two of them struggle to heal, to forgive those who have left them damaged, and to trust themselves to love.Dense with wisdom and humanity, possessed of a timeless, fable-like quality, In the Company of Angels is a riveting read and a testament to the resilience and complexity of the human heart. The novel marks the first large-scale US publication of a major American author, known internationally but only within literary circles in his homeland.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781608190164 (1608190161)
Publish date: March 16th 2010
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Pages no: 288
Edition language: English
The main characters of this novel are broken people with a great will to survive and find some happiness yet in their lives. It is an amazing testament to the human spirit. The descriptions of torture were haunting and stop just short of completely graphic leaving the reader to fill in and be quietl...