Imagining Argentina
| Author | Lawrence Thornton |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Argentina's Dirty War |
| Genre | Drama |
| Publisher | Doubleday |
Publication date | 1987 |
| Pages | 240 pp |
| ISBN | ISBN 0385240279 Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character |
| OCLC | 15316974 |
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 theatre director, searches frantically for her and others through "imagining" their fates in prisons and cells.
In 2003, the novel was adapted to film by Christopher Hampton.
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