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  • Never Did the Fire

Charco Press

Never Did the Fire

by Diamela Eltit.

Translated from Spanish by Daniel Hahn.

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  • Paperback published on 05/04/2022
  • Page count: 130 pages
  • ISBN: 9781913867218
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Synopsis

A literary icon in Chile and a major figure in the anti-Pinochet resistance, Diamela Eltit gets renewed attention in the English language in a novel of breakdowns. Holed up together, old, ill, and untethered from the revolutionary action that defined them, a couple's bonds dissolve in their loss of a child and their loss of belief in an idea. What is there left to have faith in when the structures we built, and the ones we succumbed to, no longer offer us any comfort or prospect of salvation?

About the author

Diamela Eltit is a Chilean writer and university professor. She is a recipient of the National Prize for Literature.

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