As seen in the New York Times Book Review Told with gripping
intensity, It Would be Night in Caracas chronicles one woman's
desperate battle to survive amid the dangerous, sometimes deadly,
turbulence of modern Venezuela and the lengths she must go to
secure her future. "Echoes of Borges in a novel of war-torn
Venezuela . . . the writing is tense and complex . . . dynamic."
-The New York Times In Caracas, Venezuela, Adelaida Falcon stands
over an open grave. Alone, she buries her mother--the only family
she has ever known--and worries that when night falls thieves will
rob the grave. Even the dead cannot find peace here. Adelaida had a
stable childhood in a prosperous Venezuela that accepted immigrants
in search of a better life, where she lived with her single-mother
in a humble apartment. But now? Every day she lines up for bread
that will inevitably be sold out by the time she reaches the
registers. Every night she tapes her windows to shut out the tear
gas raining down on protesters. When looters masquerading as
revolutionaries take over her apartment, Adelaida must make a
series of gruesome choices in order to survive in a country
disintegrating into anarchy, where citizens are increasingly pitted
against each other. But just how far is she willing to go? A bold
new voice from Latin America, Karina Sainz Borgo's touching,
thrilling debut is an ode to the Venezuelan people and a chilling
reminder of how quickly the world we know can crumble. Translated
from the Spanish by Elizabeth Bryer
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