Crime fiction set in WYOMING and MONTANA
The Composition
Location(s): Chile
Genre(s): Fiction
Era(s): 1970s
In a village in Chile, Pedro and Daniel are two typical nine-year-old boys. Up until Daniel’s father gets arrested, their biggest worry had been how to improve their soccer skills.
Now, they are thrust into a situation where they must grapple with the incomprehensible: dictatorship and its inherent abuses.
This sensitively realized story touches a nerve and brings home the uncomfortable fact that some children do encounter issues of this magnitude. Here, deft realism is brought to the page by Antonia Skarmeta’s story and the edgy drawings of Alfonso Ruano, portraying a child’s view of a repressive society.
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