by Ricardo Piglia · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789507311307
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«La Ciudad Ausente» is the science fiction and mystery novel by Ricardo Piglia, published by Editorial Seix Barral in paperback (168 pages, in Spanish).
In a futuristic Buenos Aires, journalist Junior searches for a machine that contains Elena's memory and produces stories about the Argentine past. The police try to destroy it while the novel reflects on memory, dictatorship, democracy, and the power of language to create reality.
The novel was originally published in Argentina in 1992; this paperback edition is from 1995.
For readers of contemporary Latin American literature and speculative fiction interested in plots with a political backdrop.
Ricardo Piglia was an Argentine author, critic, and scholar best known for introducing hard-boiled fiction to the Argentine public.
