by Jorge Edwards · Círculo de Lectores, S.A. · tapa dura · ISBN 9788422605287
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«El peso de la noche» is the novel by Jorge Edwards published by Círculo de Lectores in hardback, with 199 pages, in Spanish.
Francisco, a teenager who discovers sex and a literary vocation, rebels against his family's values and the Jesuits' education; his uncle Joaquín, a misfit, lives on the margins. The narrator thus portrays an affluent Chilean family and its tensions: hypocrisies, remorse, and repressed passions that sustain the social order.
«El peso de la noche», Jorge Edwards's first novel, was originally published in 1965; the Círculo de Lectores edition dates from 1973.
For readers of Spanish-language fiction interested in coming-of-age stories, family conflicts, and social criticism.
Jorge Edwards Valdés was a Chilean novelist, journalist and diplomat. He was the Chilean ambassador to France during the first Sebastián Piñera presidency.
