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Published: 2013
Pages: 192
eBook: 9781909013520
Paperback: 9781899365777
Hardback: 9781909014077
The first Brazilian edition sold out in a few weeks, and the novel has been shortlisted for literary awards in Brazil and Portugal. Most recently it has been short-listed for the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2015.
'A riveting novel and an important historical document... Always gripping'
Richard Gott
'This important and powerful novel ... lyrically translated from the Portuguese. Highly recommended'
Lindsey Hilsum
' ... a substantial literary work '
Hamilton Pereira (Pedro Tierra)
'Few tales have left such an impression on me, both for the tragic force of the narrative and for the feeling of revolt that it arouses'
J. Guinsburg
'I couldn 't stop reading from the first page to the last'
Gilberto Maringoni
'A masterpiece ... unique'
Alipio Freire
'A remarkable book! One of the best accounts, perhaps the very best, written on the theme of the disappeared'
Vladimir Sachetta
Bernardo Kucinski
Bernardo Kucinski is a Brazilian journalist and political scientist, professor at the University of São Paulo.
Sue Branford Sue Branford reports from Latin America for the BBC and The Guardian.
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