by Antonio Skármeta · Plaza & Janés · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788484502814
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La insurrección is a novel by Chilean writer Antonio Skármeta, set in revolutionary Nicaragua. The story follows a group of anonymous characters who find themselves caught up in the insurrection against the Somoza dictatorship. With a mix of humor and technical complexity, Skármeta narrates the lives of guerrillas, students, soldiers, postmen, priests, and the unemployed, leading them to a final climax that allows the reader to experience the life of a town in a moment of revolutionary effervescence.
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.
