Anthony Marra
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"When we first meet Maria Lagana, she's rewriting scripts at Mercury Pictures, a failing Hollywood studio known for its schlock. Maria's job is to re-craft dialogue and action to circumvent the censors, a skill she's mysteriously adept at. Born in Italy, as a teenager Maria witnessed Mussolini's censors arrest her father, an event that will destroy her family and burden Maria with questions of guilt and responsibility she will carry with her throughout...
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In a rural village in December 2004 Chechnya, a failed doctor Akhmed harbors the traumatized 8-year-old daughter of a father abducted by Russian forces and treats a series of wounded rebels and refugees while exploring the shared past that binds him to the child.
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Este impactante y exquisito tour de force, a medio camino entre novela coral y colección de relatos, se extiende a través de un siglo, un continente y un reparto de personajes extraordinarios cuyas vidas se entrecruzan de manera en ocasiones cómica y desgarradora.
Un censor soviético de los años treinta corrige meticulosamente fotografías oficiales en los búnkeres de Leningrado, perseguido por la imagen de una prima ballerina caída en desgracia....