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Marciano / Martian
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Nona Fernández's new novel: the cinematic story of Mauricio Hernández Norambuena. Winner of the Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize for The Twilight Zone “Nona Fernández is incomparable.” --Patti Smith This novel doesn't feature extraterrestrial beings but rather Mauricio Hernández Norambuena, who could be described, paraphrasing Bolaño, as one of the last revolutionaries of the Latin American flower wars. Marciano takes Nona Fernández's bold approach to the extreme, boldly crossing memory and imagination to understand Chile's recent history, immersing herself in realms that seem to transcend earthly limits, where space and time are not so clear. The narrator visits Hernández in prison, where he is serving a long sentence, to ask him questions, weaving together a remarkable tapestry of voices from various characters to understand his story: that of someone who, while cultivating enduring loves and friendships, stirred resistance against the dictatorship, was rifle in hand during the assassination attempt against Pinochet, and then, in the democratic era, experienced lost illusions, death, imprisonment, and escapes. An electrifying novel that lands inside the mind of a complex character to understand him in all his intensity and contradiction. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION The latest Nona Fernández novel--a cinematic story about Mauricio Hernández Norambuena. Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Award for The Twilight Zone \"Nona Fernández is incomparable.\" --Patti Smith Aliens are not the protagonists of this novel, but Mauricio Hernández Norambuena, who could be described, paraphrasing Bolaño, as one of the last revolutionaries in Latin American flower wars. Martian maximizes Nona Fernández' bet, having boldly crossed memory and imagination to understand Chile's recent history, plunging into places that seem to spill out of earthly bounds, where time and space are unclear. Our narrator visits Hernández in prison, where he serves a long sentence, to ask him a few questions, invoking, in a remarkable tapestry of voices, several characters in order to understand his story: someone who, while cultivating unquenchable affairs and friendships, chose to resist a dictatorship, held a rifle in the attempt against Pinochet, and then, in a democracy, drifted to lost illusions, deaths, prisons, and escapes. An electrifying novel that lands in the mind of a complex character to understand him in all his intensity and contradictions
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