The Perón NovelFrom the author of the internationally acclaimed Santa Evita comes a dazzling fictional portrait of Juan Peron, the most revered -- and hated -- dictator in the history of Argentina. Following the ailing general from his return to his homeland after eighteen years of exile to his death scarcely a year later, Tomas Eloy Martinez has created a novel whose fantasy only heightens its humanity. For in The Peron Novel the mask of history is lifted to reveal a tragically hollow man who was born a follower until the moment he found himself transformed into a leader. The result is a tour de force, the most audacious and compelling meditation on absolute power since Gabriel Garcia Marquez's The Autumn of the Patriarch. -- Publisher description. |
Contents
Goodbye Madrid | 3 |
Arcas Crew | 17 |
Photographs of the Witnesses | 30 |
Copyright | |
18 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
afternoon Alberto Antezana Arcángelo Argentine Argentine Army arms army arrived asked began Benita body boys Buenos Aires cadets called Cámpora Cañuelas Colegio Cousin Julio Cresto dark death Descalzo Diana Don José Doña door dream dress everything Evita eyes Ezeiza face father fatherland feel felt finally General's give guanacos hair hand happened head heard Isabel Isabelita José Artemio José Félix Uriburu José López Rega Juan Domingo Juan Perón Juana Justo leave lieutenant colonel Lito lived Lonardi look López Rega Madrid María Amelia Mario Tomás military Montonero morning mother moved never night Noon officers once Perón Peronist photograph platform Potota President radio Roque Pérez secretary señora smile stopped story talk tell There's thing Tinogasta Tizón told Tomás Eloy Martínez took Trafelatti trip turned Vicki villa voice waiting walked wife woman Yrigoyen Zamora