Plata quemada/ Money to Burn by Ricardo Piglia

Plata quemada/ Money to Burn by Ricardo Piglia

Una historia estremecedora en la que la violencia no tiene l mites, una narraci n coral con personajes inolvidables, un drama dominado por las pasiones humanas m s oscuras: la traici n, la avaricia, la corrupci n, el miedo y la desesperaci n.Ricardo Piglia hace una reconstrucci n ficcionada y caleidosc pica de un atraco que tuvo lugar en 1965 en la provincia de Buenos Aires. Una banda criminal, conchabada con polic as y pol ticos corruptos, prepara el asalto a un furg n que contiene un bot n millonario. Tras el golpe, abandonan a sus c mplices y huyen al norte con el dinero. Pero la ley, los medios de comunicaci n y los traicionados los perseguir n hasta el asedio ltimo y sangriento en un edificio de Montevideo.Rese a: Un relato criminal fren tico. The Times Literary Supplement ENGLISH DESCRIPTIONA hair-raising story in which violence has no limits, a choral tale with unforgettable characters, a drama dominated by the darkest human passions: betrayal, greed, corruption, fear, and desperation.Ricardo Piglia creates a fictional and kaleidoscopic reconstruction of a robbery that took place in 1965 in the province of Buenos Aires. A criminal gang, in cahoots with corrupt police and politicians, prepares an assault on a truck containing a small fortune. After the hit, they abandon their accomplices and flee to the north with the money. But the law, the media, and the ones they betrayed will follow them until the final, bloody siege in a building in Montevideo. Summary: A frenetic crime tale. -The Times Literary Supplement

Ricardo Piglia is an Argentine author who has written nine Spanish-language works, two of which have been translated into English: Artificial Respiration and Assumed Name, both published by Duke University Press. Piglia's writings have been translated into Portuguese, French, Italian, and German, and The Absent City has been staged as an opera in Argentina. Sergio Waisman is an Assistant Professor of Spanish and Portuguese at San Diego State University. His work has earned the Casa de las Américas Prize, the Boriz Vian Prize, and the Premio Planeta. Piglia's Nombre falso (Assumed Name), which won the Distinguished Achievement Prize at the 1995 Eugene M. Saenz Literary Awards, was one of his prior translations. The Kayden National Translation Contest is an annual competition that takes place in the United States. Waisman also received a Translation Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts to help him finish his translation of The Absent City.

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ISBN 13	9788490327821
ISBN 10	8490327823
Title	Plata quemada/ Money to Burn
Author	Ricardo Piglia
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Debolsillo
Year published	2013-09-01
Number of pages	176
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