num_pages: 416
description: Octavio Ribeiro loves truth beauty literature and above all else his wife Salom. As a student in Chile he courted her with the words of great poets and she fell in love with his fierce intelligence and uncompromising passion. Then a sudden coup brings a brutal military dictatorship into power and puts anyone who resists in grave danger. Salom begs Octavio to put his familys safety first rather than speak against the new regime. When he refuses its Salom who pays the price. Belatedly awake to the reality of their danger Octavio finds political asylum for the family in Sweden. But for Salom the path back to love is fraught with painful secrets and the knowledge that they can never go home again. Previously published as Swedish Tango
language: English
title: The Rhythm of Memory
publisher: Berkley