num_pages: 214
description: Imagining Argentina is set in the dark days of the late 1970's, when thousands of Argentineans disappeared without a trace into the general's prison cells and torture chambers. When Carlos Ruweda's wife is suddenly taken from him, he discovers a magical In waking dreams, he had clear visions of the fates of "the disappeared." But he cannot "imagine" what has happened to his own wife. Driven to near madness, his mind cannot be taken imagination, stories, and the mystical secrets of the human spirit.From the Trade Paperback edition.
language: English
title: Imagining Argentina
titlecomplete: Imagining Argentina
genres: Fiction, Historical, War, Magical Realism, School, Literature, Read For School, Novels, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 1317
places: Argentina
awards: awardedAt: 568022400000
name: PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, awardedAt: 536486400000
name: California Book Award
category: First Novel (Silver), awardedAt: 568022400000
name: PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel
publisher: Doubleday