by Antonio Skármeta · EDICIONES SM · tapa dura · ISBN 9788434868489
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La composición is a touching story about a boy named Pedro who lives in a country under a dictatorship. One day, his friend Daniel's father is arrested for opposing the regime. At school, a military officer asks the students to write an essay about what their parents do at night. Pedro, fearful of revealing that his parents listen to the forbidden radio, invents a story about them playing chess. This book explores themes of fear, oppression, and the importance of truth in times of injustice, all from a child's perspective.
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.
