by Eduardo Sacheri · Alfaguara · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420419589
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«La noche de la Usina» is the contemporary fiction novel by Eduardo Sacheri, published by Alfaguara in paperback (376 pages, in Spanish).
During the Argentine crisis of 2001, in a small town in the province of Buenos Aires, a group of neighbors pools their savings for a project that would let them escape poverty. The bank freeze and a scam ruin their plans, and so they decide to prepare a collective revenge that will come to pass on one secret, memorable night.
Novel winner of the 2016 Alfaguara Novel Prize, published in the Hispánica collection. The movie based on this work, «La odisea de los giles», won the 2020 Goya Award for Best Ibero-American Film.
Recommended for readers of contemporary fiction and for those familiar with the work of Eduardo Sacheri, such as «El secreto de sus ojos».
Eduardo Alfredo Sacheri is an Argentine writer and professor of History, graduated in the National University of Luján. He is best known for his novel La pregunta de sus ojos which became the basis for the Oscar-winning film El secreto de sus ojos and its American remake. Sacheri co-wrote the film's script in collaboration with its director Juan Jose Campanella. Sacheri and Campanella were also the screenwriters of the animation film Underdogs. He also published a number of short stories, such as Esperándolo a Tito y otros cuentos de fútbol and Lo raro empezó después.
