Eltit Diamela
Eltit Diamela - Never Did The Fire - Paperback
Eltit Diamela - Never Did The Fire - Paperback
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Description: What happens when two revolutionaries are left with nothing to believe in not even each other? Never Did the Fire unfolds in the humdrum of everyday working class existence making the afterlife of an agitator that of anyone living next door. For one old couple brought together years ago in an underground cell the revolution has ended in a small apartment a grinding job caring for the bodies of the unwell well - to - do and all the aches and pains that go with a long life and a long marriage. Untethered from the political action that defined them and mourning the loss of their child their bonds dissolve but the consequences of their former life and their dependence on each other won't let them go. A literary icon in Chile and a major figure in the anti - Pinochet resistance Diamela Eltit is at the height of her powers in this novel of breakdowns. Never Did the Fire evokes the charged air of Chile's violent past and the burdens it carries into the present - day when the structures we built and the ones we succumbed to no longer offer us any comfort or prospect of salvation.
Title: Never Did The Fire
Author(s): Eltit Diamela
Publisher: Charco Press
Barcode: 9781913867218
Pages: 156 Pages, No
Publication Date: 4/5/2022
Category: Fiction In Translation
Description: What happens when two revolutionaries are left with nothing to believe in not even each other? Never Did the Fire unfolds in the humdrum of everyday working class existence making the afterlife of an agitator that of anyone living next door. For one old couple brought together years ago in an underground cell the revolution has ended in a small apartment a grinding job caring for the bodies of the unwell well - to - do and all the aches and pains that go with a long life and a long marriage. Untethered from the political action that defined them and mourning the loss of their child their bonds dissolve but the consequences of their former life and their dependence on each other won't let them go. A literary icon in Chile and a major figure in the anti - Pinochet resistance Diamela Eltit is at the height of her powers in this novel of breakdowns. Never Did the Fire evokes the charged air of Chile's violent past and the burdens it carries into the present - day when the structures we built and the ones we succumbed to no longer offer us any comfort or prospect of salvation.
Title: Never Did The Fire
Author(s): Eltit Diamela
Publisher: Charco Press
Barcode: 9781913867218
Pages: 156 Pages, No
Publication Date: 4/5/2022
Category: Fiction In Translation
