The Planets

by Sergio Chejfec, Ana María Shua, Alicia Steimberg

Book Overview

A 2013 Best Translated Book Award Finalist When he reads about a mysterious explosion in the distant countryside, the narrator's thoughts turn to his disappeared childhood friend, M, who was abducted from his home years ago, during a spasm of political violence in Buenos Aires in the early 1970s. He convinces himself that M must have died in this explosion, and he begins to tell the story of their friendship through a series interconnected vignettes,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1934824399
• ISBN13: 9781934824399
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: Open Letter
• Length: 227 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.5"