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1996 · Literary Fiction, Coming-of-Age FictionEn voz baja
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.
2002 · Literary FictionCansado ya del sol
Mayra revisits her family’s past and her father’s role as an informer during Chile’s dictatorship. Her effort to tell her own story pits affection and inherited loyalty against painful discoveries.