Never did the fire
Eltit, Diamela, 1949-2021
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Never Did the Fire unfolds in the humdrum of everyday working class existence, making the afterlife of an agitator that of anyone living next door. For one old couple, brought together years ago in an underground cell, the revolution has ended in a small apartment, a grinding job caring for the bodies of the unwell well-to-do, and all the aches and pains that go with a long life and a long marriage. Untethered from the political action that defined them, and mourning the loss of their child, their bonds dissolve, but the consequences of their former life, and their dependence on each other, won't let them go. A literary icon in Chile and a major figure in the anti-Pinochet resistance, Diamela Eltit is at the height of her powers in this novel of breakdowns. Never Did the Fire evokes the charged air of Chile's violent past, and the burdens it carries into the present-day, when the structures we built, and the ones we succumbed to, no longer offer us any comfort or prospect of salvation.
Main title:
Never did the fire / Diamela Eltit ; translated by Daniel Hahn ; [with a prologue by Julián Fuks].
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Imprint:
Edinburgh : Charco Press, [2022].©2022
Collation:
iii, 156 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Translation of: Jamás el fuego nunca. Editorial Planeta Chilena S.A., Chile, ©2011.Translated from the Spanish.
ISBN:
9781913867218 (pbk)9781913867218
Dewey class:
863.64
Language:
EnglishSpanish
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BRN:
515192
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandringham Library | Adult Fiction - General | ELTI | Available |