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'''''Imagining Argentina''''' is an award-winning novel by [[Lawrence Thornton]], about the [[Dirty War]] in 1970s [[Buenos Aires]], [[Argentina]], where the [[Military dictatorship|military government]] is abducting those opposed to its rule. Cecilia, a [[dissident]] [[journalist]], is kidnapped by the [[secret police]] to join the ranks of the '[[Forced disappearance|disappeared]]', as her husband Carlos, a [[theater]] director, searches frantically for her and others through "imagining" their fates in prisons and cells. |
'''''Imagining Argentina''''' is an award-winning novel by [[Lawrence Thornton]], about the [[Dirty War]] in 1970s [[Buenos Aires]], [[Argentina]], where the [[Military dictatorship|military government]] is abducting those opposed to its rule. Cecilia, a [[dissident]] [[journalist]], is kidnapped by the [[secret police]] to join the ranks of the '[[Forced disappearance|disappeared]]', as her husband Carlos, a [[theater]] director, searches frantically for her and others through "imagining" their fates in prisons and cells. |
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In 2003, the novel was adapted to [[Imagining Argentina (film)|film]] by [[Christopher Hampton]]. |
In 2003, the novel was adapted to [[Imagining Argentina (film)|film]] by director [[Christopher Hampton]]. |
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[[Category:American novels adapted into films]] |
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Revision as of 13:37, 13 June 2016
| Author | Lawrence Thornton |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Argentina's Dirty War |
| Genre | Drama |
| Publisher | Doubleday |
Publication date | 1987 |
| Pages | 240 pp |
| ISBN | 0-385-24027-9 |
| OCLC | 15316974 |
| 813/.54 19 | |
| LC Class | PS3570.H6678 I4 1987 |
Imagining Argentina is an award-winning novel by Lawrence Thornton, about the Dirty War in 1970s Buenos Aires, Argentina, where the military government is abducting those opposed to its rule. Cecilia, a dissident journalist, is kidnapped by the secret police to join the ranks of the 'disappeared', as her husband Carlos, a theater director, searches frantically for her and others through "imagining" their fates in prisons and cells.
In 2003, the novel was adapted to film by director Christopher Hampton.
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