Imagining Argentina

Imagining Argentina (1987) is a novel by American author Lawrence Thornton, about the Dirty War in 1970s Argentina, during which the military government abducted and "disappeared" suspected opposition activists. It was nominated for the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction.

This article is about the novel. For the film adaptation, see Imagining Argentina (film).
Imagining Argentina
First edition
AuthorLawrence Thornton
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SubjectArgentina's Dirty War
GenreDrama
PublisherDoubleday
Publication date
1987
Pages240 pp
ISBN0-385-24027-9
OCLC15316974
813/.54 19
LC ClassPS3570.H6678 I4 1987

Plot summary

Cecilia, a dissident journalist in Buenos Aires, is kidnapped by the secret police, likely to join the ranks of the "disappeared." The city is the center of opposition to the military dictatorship during its Dirty War in the 1970s against opponents. Her husband Carlos, a theater director, searches frantically for her and others through "imagining" their fates in prisons and cells.

Reception

The novel was highly praised and was nominated for the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction.

Adaptations

In 2003, the novel was adapted as a film of the same name, written and directed by British playwright and director Christopher Hampton.


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