In 1976 Buenos Aires, a ten-year-old boy lives in a world of school lessons and comic books, TV shows and games of Riska world in which men have superpowers and boys can conquer the globe on a rectangle of cardboard. But in his hometown, the military has just seized power, and amid a climate of increasing terror and intimidation, people begin to disappear without a trace. When his mother unexpectedly pulls him and his younger brother from school, she tells him they’re going on an impromptu family trip. But he soon realizes that this will be no ordinary holiday: his parents are known supporters of the opposition, and they are going into hiding. Holed up in a safe house in the remote hills outside the city, the family assumes new identities. The boy names himself Harry after his hero Houdini, and as tensions rise and the uncertain world around him descends into chaos, he spends his days of exile learning the secrets of escape. Kamchatka is the portrait of a child forced to square fantasy with a reality in which family, politics, history, and even time itself have become more improbable than any fiction. Told from the points of view of Harry as a grown man and as a boy, Kamchatka is an unforgettable story of courage and sacrifice, the tricks of time and memory, and the fragile yet resilient fabric of childhood.

Kamchatka

Literature & Fiction

Figueras, Marcelo

United States

Grove Press/ Black Cat

In the forecourt of a petrol station outside of Buenos Aires, a father says goodbye to his son: 'Kamchatka,' he whispers softly into his ear. And then they part, forever. A ten-year-old boy lives in world of Superman comics and games of Risk - a world in which men have superpowers and boys can conquer the globe on a board game. But in the outside world, a military junta have taken power; and amid a political climate of fear and intimidation, people are beginning to disappear without trace... Kamchatka is a heartbreaking novel; set in Argentina during the bloody coup d'etat of 1976, it tells the enchanting story of a young boy trying to make sense of a world during a time of extraordinary upheaval.

Literary

Atlantic

Kamtschatka: Roman

Contemporary

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Kamchatka is the last word that Harry hears from his father’s lips. In that fantastic and inaccessible territory is where the ten year-old boy will take mental refuge to cure his wounds. Due to the abductions during Argentina’s coup d’état, and knowing they are being chased, his parents decide to hide away. Through the story of this boy forced to contemplate the dark side of reality, Figueras tells a story full of sweet and humorous characters, which is also an adventure. Description in Spanish: Querríamos tener una armadura que nos proteja del dolor. Pero uno levanta una pared para protegerse de lo que viene de afuera y al final descubre que se ha quedado encerrado. Kamchatka es la última palabra que Harry escucha de labios de su padre. Aquel territorio fantástico e inaccesible, será el refugio donde ese chico de diez años se ocultará para curar sus heridas, para resistir. Para Harry, Kamchatka será su Avalón. De la mano de un niño obligado a contemplar el lado oscuro de la realidad, Marcelo Figueras nos lleva a recorrer el capítulo más aciago de nuestro pasado reciente. Este relato, poblado de personajes tiernos, cercanos y llenos de humor, es también una aventura: la de asomarse sobre el horizonte y descubrir que ninguna historia desaparece, simplemente cambia el género.

Genre Fiction

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