As seen in the New York Times Book Review Told with gripping intensity, It Would be Night in Caracas chronicles one woman\'s desperate battle to survive amid the dangerous, sometimes deadly, turbulence of modern Venezuela and the lengths she must go to secure her future.
Echoes of Borges in a novel of war-torn Venezuela .
When looters masquera.
Every Night she tapes her windows to shut out the tear gas raining down on protesters.
But now? Every day she lines up for bread that will inevitably be sold out by the time she reaches the registers.
Even the dead cannot find peace here.
Adelaida had a stable childhood in a prosperous Venezuela that accepted immigrants in search of a better life, where she lived with her single-mother in a humble apartment.
Alone, she buries her mother--the only family she has ever known--and worries that when Night falls thieves will rob the grave. -The New York TimesIn Caracas, Venezuela, Adelaida Falc n stands over an open grave. dynamic. . . the writing is tense and complex . . .
But just how far is she willing to go?A bold new voice from Latin America, Karina Sainz Borgo\'s touching, thrilling debut is an ode to the Venezuelan people and a chilling reminder of how quickly the world we know can crumble.--Booklist As seen in the New York Times Book Review Told with gripping intensity, It Would be Night in Caracas chronicles one woman\'s desperate battle to survive amid the dangerous, sometimes deadly, turbulence of modern Venezuela and the lengths she must go to secure her future.
Echoes of Borges in a novel of war-torn Venezuela .
When looters masquerading as revolutionaries take over her apartment, Adelaida must make a series of gruesome choices in order to survive in a country disintegrating into anarchy, where citizens are increasingly pitted against each other.
Every Night she tapes her windows to shut out the tear gas raining down on protesters.
But now? Every day she lines up for bread that will inevitably be sold out by the time she reaches the registers.
Even the dead cannot find peace here.
Adelaida had a stable childhood in a prosperous Venezuela that accepted immigrants in search of a better life, where she lived with her single-mother in a humble apartment.
Alone, she buries her mother--the only family she has ever known--and worries that when Night falls thieves will rob the grave. -The New York TimesIn Caracas, Venezuela, Adelaida Falc n stands over an open grave. dynamic. . . the writing is tense and complex . . .
As seen in the New York Times Book Review Told with gripping intensity, It Would be Night in Caracas chronicles one woman\'s desperate battle to survive amid the dangerous, sometimes deadly, turbulence of modern Venezuela and the lengths she must go to secure her future.
Echoes of Borges in a novel of war-torn Venezuela
