False calm
By: María Sonia Cristoff ; translated from the Spanish by Katherine Silver
Contributors: Cristoff, María Sonia, 1965-; Silver, Katherine, translator
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
ISBN-13: 9781945492143
Copyright date: 2005
Subjects: History; Oil industry workers; Description and travel; Ghost towns
Other titles: False calm :
Work titles: Falsa calma
Description: "Part reportage, part personal essay, part travelogue, False calm is the breakout work by Argentinian author María Sonia Cristoff. Writing against romantic portrayals of Patagonia, Cristoff returns home to chronicle the ghost towns left behind by the oil boom. In prose that showcases her sharp powers of observation, Cristoff explores Patagonia's complicated legacy through the lost stories of its people and the desolate places they inhabit"--
Notes: Originally published in Spanish by Editorial Seix Barral as Falsa calma.

Translated from the Spanish.