No Place For Heroes

Author: Laura Restrepo
Edition: 1
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0385519915

No Place For Heroes: A Novel

From one of the most accomplished writers to emerge from Latin America, No Place for Heroes is a darkly comic novel about a mother and son who return to Buenos Aires in search of her former lover, whom she met during Argentina's Dirty War. Get No Place For Heroes literature books for free.


During Argentina's "Dirty War" of the late '70s and early '80s, Lorenza and Ramon, two passionate militants opposing Videla's dictatorship, met and fell in love. Now, Lorenza and her son, Mateo, have come to Buenos Aires to find Ramon, Mateo's father. Holed up in the same hotel room, mother and son share a common goal, yet are worlds apart on how they perceive it. For Lorenza, who came of age in the political ferment of the '60s, it is intertwined with her past ideological Check No Place For Heroes our best literature books for 2013. All books are available in pdf format and downloadable from rapidshare, 4shared, and mediafire.

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For Lorenza, who came of age in the political ferment of the '60s, it is intertwined with her past ideological

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