Mapuche

by Caryl Férey

Book Overview

A Mapuche woman in Buenos Aires tries to solve a friend's murder in this Prix Landerneau-winning crime novel by the acclaimed French author of Zulu.

Twenty-eight-year-old Jana is a Mapuche, one of those indigenous "people of the earth" who were dispossessed when the Argentinean constitution turned them into outlaws overnight. A survivor of the Dirty War, Jana is now sculptor of a rare talent. But to make ends meet, she must also prostitute...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1609451201
• ISBN13: 9781609451202
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: Europa Editions
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.2" x 8.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher