This assured debut novel from acclaimed Chilean author Andrea
Jeftanovic explores the devastating psychological effects of the
conflict in the Balkans on a family who flee to South America to
build a new life. It is told from the perspective of the young
Tamara, as she tries to make sense of growing up haunted by a
distant conflict. Yet the ghosts of war re-emerge in their new land
- which has its own traumatic past - to tear the family
apart.Staging scenes from childhood as if the characters were
rehearsing for a play, the novel uses all the imaginary resources
of theatre director, set paint- er and lighting designer to pose
the question: how can Tamara salvage an identity as an adult from
the ruins of memory, and rediscover the ability to love? With
themes that echo Elif Shafak's The Bastard of Istanbul, a sensitive
narrator recalling Eimear McBride's A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing,
and a focus on the body in the style of Elfriede Jelinek, this is
an artfully construct- ed, widely praised work from one of the most
exciting novelists at work in Latin America today.
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