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Book · 1996
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In Santiago during the shadow of military dictatorship, adolescent Amanda observes the secrecy and quiet tension that fractures her household after her father's imprisonment and exile as a political dissident. As she comes of age surrounded by hushed conversations, she gradually deciphers the unspoken traumas and boundaries defining her family's everyday survival.
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Told from a child's perspective, which is deeply appreciated. Even though one knows (or suspects what is happening to the characters), being narrated from this angle makes you reflect and draws you so close to the protagonist that you want to protect her, or at least give her the honesty her adult surroundings fail to provide.
Calisto Araz on Goodreads In a low voice secrets are told and things are whispered to oneself. In a low voice an entire world takes shape that is hidden from others, yet alive for you. In a low voice stories intertwine and become part of a whole. Human relationships, the complexity of love and passion shape a story where Amanda, the young adolescent, recounts her vision of events and how they affected her.
Leopoldo Bustos Del Pino on Goodreads There are good books, but this one is an exceptional standout, a narrative marvel. I couldn't say it's my absolute favorite by Alejandra Costamagna, but it's undoubtedly the hardest-hitting. A girl's search for her father, the shattering of innocence, silence, and oblivion are the themes surrounding this novel, which could hardly leave anyone with a heart unmoved. Worthy of one of today's best authors, and even more remarkable as her debut novel.
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