by Antonio Skármeta · ARETE · tapa dura · ISBN 9788483064399
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«La chica del trombón» is the novel by Antonio Skármeta, published by Areté in hardcover (320 pages, in Spanish).
The novel follows Alia Emar from her childhood in Santiago, raised by her grandfather Esteban Coppeta, as Chile moves from the 1940s to the electoral triumph of Salvador Allende. Her fascination with American cinema and music intertwines with a love story and with the social and political changes preceding Pinochet's coup, exploring identity and memory.
This novel won the José María Arguedas Narrative Prize in 2003.
Suitable for readers of Latin American fiction and stories with historical and political background.
Esteban Antonio Skármeta Vranicic was a Chilean writer, screenwriter, and director. His novel Ardiente paciencia was the basis for the film Il Postino. In Chile, he was popularly known for hosting a television show on literature and the arts. He served as Chile's ambassador to Germany from 2000 to 2003. In 2014, he was awarded the Chilean National Literature Prize.
