num_pages: 384
description: On the first day of the century a small town gathers to witness a miracle and unravel its portents: the mysterious reappearance of a lost infant Pajarita. Later as a young woman in the capital cityMontevideo brimming with growth and promisePajarita begins a lineage of independent women. Her daughter Eva intent on becoming a poet overcomes an early shattering betrayal to embark on a most unconventional path toward personal and artistic fulfillment. And Evas daughter Salom awakening to both her sensuality and political convictions amidst the violent turmoil of the late 1960s finds herself dangerously attracted to a cadre of urban guerilla rebels. From Pern's glittering Buenos Aires to the rustic hills of Rio de Janeiro from the haven of a Montevideo butchershop to U.S. embassy halls The Invisible Mountain celebrates a nations spirit the will to survive in the most desperate of circumstances and the fierce and complex connections between mother and daughter.
language: English
title: The Invisible Mountain
publisher: Knopf