by Antonio Skármeta · DEBOLSILLO · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788497595421
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«La chica del trombón» is the novel by Antonio Skármeta, published by DEBOLSILLO in paperback (304 pages, in Spanish).
The story follows Alia Emar, a girl growing up in Santiago fascinated by American cinema and music, while Chile undergoes a turbulent political transformation culminating in Salvador Allende's electoral victory. Her personal journey intersects with the social and collective events of the country before Pinochet, in a narrative that combines the memory of youth with Chile's recent history.
It belongs to the publisher's Contemporánea collection.
Recommended for readers of contemporary fiction interested in Chile's recent political history and in the author's narrative works.
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.
