by Tomás Eloy Martínez · Vintage · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781862300408
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«The Peron Novel» is the historical fiction novel by Tomás Eloy Martínez, published by Vintage in paperback (463 pages, in English).
The novel recreates Juan Domingo Perón's return to Argentina in June 1973, after years of exile, and his physical and mental decline. Alongside the general appear Isabel Perón, José López Rega, Eva Perón's embalmed corpse, healers, communists and the Virgin Mary, while a crowd waits at the airport.
The original Spanish novel, «La novela de Perón», appeared in 1985; this English edition is translated by Helen Lane.
This novel is for readers of historical fiction and Latin American narrative interested in the figure of Juan Domingo Perón and the Argentine twentieth century.
Tomás Eloy Martínez was an Argentine journalist and writer.
