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Set against the backdrop of Argentina’s 1970s military dictatorship, "Imagining Argentina" follows the tormented life of Carlos Ruweda. After his wife is abruptly taken, he is gripped by an uncanny gift: vivid, waking dreams that unveil the fates of the disappeared. Yet the cruel truth of his own wife's absence eludes his imagination, and the thin line between sanity and madness blurs. The novel entwines political oppression, the haunting nature of loss, and the enduring power of story and the human spirit to endure unimaginable violence.
First publish date: 1987
Genre: Historical Fiction/20th Century Historical Fiction
Authors: Lawrence Thornton
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