{"product_id":"confession-9781913867652","title":"Confession","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBrutal and overwhelming, \u003cem\u003eConfession\u003c\/em\u003e wrestles with the legacy of Argentina's past and the passions of one young girl.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Mirta López looks out the dining room window, she sees a slim, self-possessed older boy on his way back from school. It's 1941 in provincial Argentina, and the sight has awakened in her the first uncertain, unnerving vibrations of desire. Naturally, she confesses. But she cannot stop herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver thirty years later, in 1977, that same young man is a general, leading the ruling military junta of a country, and a cell of young revolutionaries plot an audacious attack on him, and the regime.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWriting from the present into the past, Martín Kohan maps the contours of Argentina's 20th century, but finds his centre in one woman - devout, headstrong, lit up with ideas of right and wrong - not the grand historical figures of her lifetime's omnipresent, brutalizing history. And yet, there is great beauty in \u003cem\u003eConfession\u003c\/em\u003e, its decades and landscapes, and the legacy of love and guilt, pieties religious and civic, that play out in one family and against the background of dictatorship's traumas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMartín Kohan\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in Buenos Aires in 1967. He teaches Literary Theory at the University of Buenos Aires. To date, he has published several books of essays and short stories, and seven novels. His work has appeared with publishers of great prestige in Europe such as Anagrama (Spain), Einaudi (Italy), Seuil (France) and Suhrkamp (Germany). The 25th Premio Herralde de Novela awarded to \u003cem\u003eCiencias Morales (Moral Sciences\u003c\/em\u003e ) consecrated him as one of the most important authors in today's international literary panorama.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDaniel Hahn\u003c\/strong\u003e is a writer, editor and translator with over one hundred books to his name. His translations (from Portuguese, Spanish and French) include fiction from Europe, Africa and the Americas and non-fiction by writers ranging from Portuguese Nobel laureate José Saramago to Brazilian footballer Pelé. Recent books include the new \u003cem\u003eOxford Companion to Children's Literature\u003c\/em\u003e and translations of Julián Fuks' \u003cem\u003eResistance\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eOccupation\u003c\/em\u003e . He is a former chair of the Society of Authors and is presently on the board of a number of organisations that deal with literature, literacy, translation and free expression. In 2021 Daniel was made an OBE for his services to literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Charco Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50562771026194,"sku":"9781913867652","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6a7a6049-277c-48f9-be08-9f5b73697e01.jpg?v=1731863321","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/confession-9781913867652","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}