On Heroes and TombsPortrays the search for a remedy to the despair caused by political repression and the struggle against a historical precedent that destroys free will in a story set in Argentina during Peron's first years. |
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Page 156
... face of hers , her boutique - face , the one that she seemed to put on deliberately in order to play her role in that frivolous world ; a face that seemed to linger on once she found herself alone with him , its abominable features ...
... face of hers , her boutique - face , the one that she seemed to put on deliberately in order to play her role in that frivolous world ; a face that seemed to linger on once she found herself alone with him , its abominable features ...
Page 457
... face of death all men take on the same profound , mysterious importance , be they beggars or kings . Yet he still ... face with the profound and slightly sad expression of someone longing for something that he or she knows , beforehand ...
... face of death all men take on the same profound , mysterious importance , be they beggars or kings . Yet he still ... face with the profound and slightly sad expression of someone longing for something that he or she knows , beforehand ...
Page 462
... faces , those that have remained forever and always in the most secret depths of his soul , guarded by a lock with seven keys . And his heart then confronts that worn face furrowed with deep wrinkles , that face that was once a lovely ...
... faces , those that have remained forever and always in the most secret depths of his soul , guarded by a lock with seven keys . And his heart then confronts that worn face furrowed with deep wrinkles , that face that was once a lovely ...
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References to this book
Rumours of Wars: Civil Conflict in Nineteenth-century Latin America Rebecca Earle No preview available - 2000 |