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Affections, Rodrigo Hasb℗♭©ʻn ; translated by Sophie Hughes

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  • "A haunting novel about an unusual family's breakdown--set in South America during the time of Che Guevara and inspired by the life of Third Reich cinematographer Hans Ertl--from the literary star Jonathan Safran Foer calls, "a great writer." Inspired by real events, Affections is the story of the eccentric, fascinating Ertl clan, headed by the egocentric and extraordinary Hans, once the cameraman for the Nazi propagandist Leni Riefenstahl. Shortly after the end of World War II, Hans and his family flee to Bolivia to start over. There, the ever-restless Hans decides to embark on an expedition in search of the fabled lost Inca city of Paititi, enlisting two of his daughters to join him on his outlandish quest into the depths of the Amazon, with disastrous consequences. Set against the backdrop of the both optimistic and violent 1950s and 1960s, Affections traces the Ertls's slow and inevitable breakdown through the various erratic trajectories of each family member: Hans's undertakings of colossal, foolhardy projects and his subsequent spectacular failures; his daughter Monika, heir to his adventurous spirit, who joins the Bolivian Marxist guerrillas and becomes known as "Che Guevara's avenger"; and his wife and two younger sisters left to pick up the pieces in their wake. In this short but powerful work, Hasb©ðn weaves a masterfully layered tale of how a family's voyage of discovery ends up eroding the affections that once held it together"--
  • "A haunting novel about an unusual family's breakdown--set in South America during the time of Che Guevara and based on the life of Third Reich cinematographer Hans Ertl"--
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  • eng
  • spa
  • eng
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First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Extent
132 pages
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9781501154799
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Affections
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Affections
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Rodrigo Hasb℗♭©ʻn ; translated by Sophie Hughes
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Author
Translator
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Language
  • eng
  • spa
  • eng
Summary
  • "A haunting novel about an unusual family's breakdown--set in South America during the time of Che Guevara and inspired by the life of Third Reich cinematographer Hans Ertl--from the literary star Jonathan Safran Foer calls, "a great writer." Inspired by real events, Affections is the story of the eccentric, fascinating Ertl clan, headed by the egocentric and extraordinary Hans, once the cameraman for the Nazi propagandist Leni Riefenstahl. Shortly after the end of World War II, Hans and his family flee to Bolivia to start over. There, the ever-restless Hans decides to embark on an expedition in search of the fabled lost Inca city of Paititi, enlisting two of his daughters to join him on his outlandish quest into the depths of the Amazon, with disastrous consequences. Set against the backdrop of the both optimistic and violent 1950s and 1960s, Affections traces the Ertls's slow and inevitable breakdown through the various erratic trajectories of each family member: Hans's undertakings of colossal, foolhardy projects and his subsequent spectacular failures; his daughter Monika, heir to his adventurous spirit, who joins the Bolivian Marxist guerrillas and becomes known as "Che Guevara's avenger"; and his wife and two younger sisters left to pick up the pieces in their wake. In this short but powerful work, Hasb©ðn weaves a masterfully layered tale of how a family's voyage of discovery ends up eroding the affections that once held it together"--
  • "A haunting novel about an unusual family's breakdown--set in South America during the time of Che Guevara and based on the life of Third Reich cinematographer Hans Ertl"--
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A book inspired by actual events follows a former cameraman for Nazi propagandist Leni Riefenstahl who flees to Bolivia with his family to try and start over and becomes involved in an expedition to find the fabled lost Incan city of Paititi
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863/.7
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no index present
LC call number
PQ7822.H37
LC item number
A4413 2017
Literary form
fiction
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adult
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Rodrigo Hasbun ; translated by Sophie Hughes
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Affections, Rodrigo Hasb℗♭©ʻn ; translated by Sophie Hughes
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text
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txt
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5879641
Dimensions
21 cm
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Extent
132 pages
Isbn
9781501154799
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(hardback)
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2017004896
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rdamedia
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