Kamchatka
Kamchatka is the last word that Harry hears from his father’s lips. In that fantastic and inaccessible territory is where the ten year-old boy will take mental refuge to cure his wounds. Due to the abductions during Argentina’s coup d’état, and knowing they are being chased, his parents decide to...
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Kamchatka is the last word that Harry hears from his father’s lips. In that fantastic and inaccessible territory is where the ten year-old boy will take mental refuge to cure his wounds. Due to the abductions during Argentina’s coup d’état, and knowing they are being chased, his parents decide to hide away. Through the story of this boy forced to contemplate the dark side of reality, Figueras tells a story full of sweet and humorous characters, which is also an adventure. Description in Spanish: Querríamos tener una armadura que nos proteja del dolor. Pero uno levanta una pared para protegerse de lo que viene de afuera y al final descubre que se ha quedado encerrado. Kamchatka es la última palabra que Harry escucha de labios de su padre. Aquel territorio fantástico e inaccesible, será el refugio donde ese chico de diez años se ocultará para curar sus heridas, para resistir. Para Harry, Kamchatka será su Avalón. De la mano de un niño obligado a contemplar el lado oscuro de la realidad, Marcelo Figueras nos lleva a recorrer el capítulo más aciago de nuestro pasado reciente. Este relato, poblado de personajes tiernos, cercanos y llenos de humor, es también una aventura: la de asomarse sobre el horizonte y descubrir que ninguna historia desaparece, simplemente cambia el género.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9788466313391 (8466313397)
Publish date: September 30th 2004
Publisher: Punto de Lectura
Pages no: 400
Edition language: Spanish
Pssssst...it's not really about Kamchatka, except as it relates to the board game of Risk. "Because Kamchatka was the place from where you fought back."This is a rather charming novel about a very uncharming time in the history of Argentina. You witness life during the Dirty War in 1976 through the ...
What an absolutely wonderful book! I wish I could write a review that would do this justice. This could have been an extremely depressing book considering the subject matter(Argentina & the coup in the 1970's) but instead it's very sweet & moving. There was a moment a little more than half way thr...
What an absolutely wonderful book! I wish I could write a review that would do this justice. This could have been an extremely depressing book considering the subject matter(Argentina & the coup in the 1970's) but instead it's very sweet & moving. There was a moment a little more than half way thr...