Las viudas de los jueves
(Book)
Author
Published
México, D.F. : Alfaguara, 2010., Col. del Valle, México : Alfaguara, [2010].
Edition
1. ed.
Physical Desc
246 pages ; 24 cm.
Status
San Luis Obispo Library - Adult Spanish Fiction
FIC SP PBK
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FIC SP PBK
1 available
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Argentina -- Fiction.
Argentina -- Social conditions -- Fiction.
Buenos Aires (Argentina) -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.
Businessmen -- Fiction.
Death -- Fiction.
Detective and mystery stories.
Financial crises -- Fiction.
Gated communities -- Fiction.
Married people -- Fiction.
Upper class -- Fiction.
Argentina -- Social conditions -- Fiction.
Buenos Aires (Argentina) -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.
Businessmen -- Fiction.
Death -- Fiction.
Detective and mystery stories.
Financial crises -- Fiction.
Gated communities -- Fiction.
Married people -- Fiction.
Upper class -- Fiction.
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Published
México, D.F. : Alfaguara, 2010., Col. del Valle, México : Alfaguara, [2010].
Format
Book
Edition
1. ed.
Language
Spanish
Notes
Description
En Altos de la Cascada viven familias que llevan un mismo estilo de vida y que quieren mantenerlo cueste lo que cueste. Allí, un grupo de amigos se reúne semanalmente lejos de las miradas de sus hijos, sus empleadas domésticas y sus esposas, quienes excluidas del encuentro varonil, se autodenominan, bromeando, las viudas de los jueves. Pero una noche la rutina se quiebra y ese hecho permite descubrir, en un país que se desmorona, el lado oscuro de una vida perfecta.
Description
A group of male friends who wish to maintain their lifestyle at any cost gathers on a weekly basis far from view of their children, domestic servants and spouses. Their wives, excluded from the manly encounters, jokingly call themselves, Thursday's Widows. But one night the routine is broken and we are able to see, in a country that crumbles, the dark side of a perfect life.
Language
Text in Spanish.
Awards
Premio Clarín de Novela, 2005
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