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Kamchatka / Marcelo Figueras ; translated from the Spanish by Frank Wynne.
Van Pelt Library PQ7798.16.I336 K3613 2010
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Figueras, Marcelo, 1962-
- Language:
- English
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Boys--Fiction.
- Boys.
- Disappeared persons.
- Parent and child.
- History.
- Argentina.
- Argentina--History--Coup d'état, 1976--Fiction.
- Argentina--History--Dirty War, 1976-1983--Fiction.
- Parent and child--Argentina--Fiction.
- Disappeared persons--Argentina--Fiction.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Novels.
- Physical Description:
- 311 pages ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Black Cat, 2010.
- Summary:
- In 1976, a young boy flees Buenos Aires with his opposition-supporting family, renames himself after his hero Harry Houdini, and dedicates his time in exile to mastering his role model's escape artistry.
- Notes:
- "First published in Spanish in 2003 by Santillana Ediciones Generales, SL."
- "First published in English in 2010 by Atlantic Books, an imprint of Grove Atlantic Ltd."
- ISBN:
- 9780802170873
- 0802170870
- OCLC:
- 690086387
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