by Antonio Skármeta · Planeta · tapa dura · ISBN 9788408054337
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«El baile de la victoria» is the novel by Antonio Skármeta, published by Planeta in hardback (288 pages, in Spanish).
The novel tells the story of Ángel Santiago, a young man who, upon leaving prison, joins an audacious plan to rob a bank alongside Nicolás Vergara Grey, a legendary bank robber. Their fates cross with those of Victoria Ponce, a young dancer, in a love triangle that unfolds in post-dictatorship Chile.
It belongs to the Premio Planeta Collection. Antonio Skármeta is a Chilean writer, and the work was published in 2004.
For readers of contemporary fiction and Chilean novels, with an interest in Chile's recent history.
Esteban Antonio Skármeta Vranicic was a Chilean writer, screenwriter, and director. His novel Ardiente paciencia was the basis for the film Il Postino. In Chile, he was popularly known for hosting a television show on literature and the arts. He served as Chile's ambassador to Germany from 2000 to 2003. In 2014, he was awarded the Chilean National Literature Prize.
