Centered around the 1986 attempt on the life of Augusto Pinochet,
an event that changed Chile forever, My Tender Matador is one of
the most explosive, controversial, and popular novels to have been
published in that country in decades. It is spring 1986 in the city
of Santiago, and Augusto Pinochet is losing his grip on power. In
one of the city's many poor neighborhoods works the Queen of the
Corner, a hopeless and lonely romantic who embroiders linens for
the wealthy and listens to boleros to drown out the gunshots and
rioting in the streets. Along comes Carlos, a young, handsome man
who befriends the aging homosexual and uses his house to store
mysterious boxes and hold clandestine meetings. My Tender Matador
is an extraordinary novel of revolution and forbidden love, and a
stirring portrait of Chile at an historical crossroads. By turns
funny and profoundly moving, Pedro Lemebel's lyrical prose offers
an intimate window into the mind of Pinochet himself as the world
of Carlos and the Queen prepares to collide with the dictator's own
in a fantastic and unexpected way.
General
| Imprint: |
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
February 2023 |
| First published: |
February 2005 |
| Authors: |
Pedro Lemebel
|
| Translators: |
Katherine Silver
|
| Dimensions: |
209 x 139 x 12mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
176 |
| Edition: |
Grove Press Pbk Ed. |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-8021-4187-3 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
|
| LSN: |
0-8021-4187-0 |
| Barcode: |
9780802141873 |
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