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El grito

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Originally published
  
2004

Author
  
Florencia Abbate

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El grito (Spanish: The Scream) is an Argentine novel by Florencia Abbate on her debut. It was first published in 2004.

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Summary

It's a short novel that takes place at the end of 2001 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in the middle of the economic meltdown that brought the country to the brink of social disintegration. The story follows four characters whose lives are slowly intertwined, and whose fates and problems, although different, are characteristic of the social and economic problems of the time. The helplessness, loneliness, and broken families are the rivers that Florencia Abbate helps us to navigate in this novel that examine a historical period in Argentina that is seldom explored.

Main Characters

  • Federico, a young man who is obsessed with "The Suicide" of Durkheim
  • Horacio, a former guerrilla
  • Peter, an interior decorator
  • Clara, a sculptor with leukemia
  • References

    El grito Wikipedia