num_pages: 108
description: "A Funny Dirty Little War tells the story of a political confrontation in a small village in Argentina. Obscure differences between Peronist supporters and leaders escalate in a crescendo of violence to the final massacre. The characters, who with each chapter evolve from the comic and grotesque to the tragic, are observed by the author with a cool, dispassionate gaze, though in the end we are left with a feeling of bitter pity. This is because, in spite of all their moral and mental wretchedness, in spite of the emptiness of their ambitions and fanaticism, they themselves are poor victims.The black humor, dizzying action, crisp, sparkling dialogue, the rapid unemotional style, like that of a heroic-comic Hemingway, make this novel gripping reading. A Funny Dirty Little War places Osvaldo Soriano in a completely distinctive line from that of other Latin American writers."-- Italo Calvino"Humor negro, accion vertiginosa, dialogos apretados y chispeantes, un estilo rapido y seco como el de un Hemingway tragicomico, hacen de esta novela una lectura apasionante. Y situan a Osvaldo Soriano en una linea absolutamente diferente a la de los autores latinoamericanos del Boom."ITALO CALVINO
language: English
title: A Funny Dirty Little War
titlecomplete: A Funny Dirty Little War
genres: Latin American, Fiction, War, Classics, Latin American Literature
ratings_count: 817
publisher: UNKNO