by Luis Sepúlveda · Espasa · tapa dura · ISBN 9788467031003
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«La sombra de lo que fuimos» is the novel by Luis Sepúlveda, published by Espasa in hardcover (176 pages, in Spanish).
The story brings together in a warehouse in Santiago de Chile three former left-wing militants, defeated by Pinochet's coup and condemned to exile, who after thirty-five years await an old comrade to carry out a revolutionary action. His accidental death, a record player thrown from a window, seems to thwart the plan until one of them proposes to go ahead. An emotional vindication of the losers, narrated with humor and criticism.
Winner of the Primavera Novel Prize 2009. Belongs to the Espasa Narrativa collection.
For readers of contemporary fiction and followers of Luis Sepúlveda interested in stories about political memory and resistance.
Luis Sepúlveda Calfucura was a Chilean writer and journalist. A communist militant and fervent opponent of Augusto Pinochet's regime, he was imprisoned and tortured by the military dictatorship during the 1970s. Sepúlveda authored numerous poetry books and short stories; in addition to Spanish, his mother tongue, he also spoke English, the language in which he wrote his first novel, El viejo que leía novelas de amor.
