'It Would Be Night In Caracas' Mourns A Mother And A Country
Karina Sainz Borgo's novel follows a woman dealing with the death of her mother while trying to escape the violence and scarcity gripping Venezuela — an anarchy the book presents in shocking detail.
by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Oct 28, 2019
2 minutes
The grieving of a mother and of a country. That is what, in a nutshell, It Would Be Night in Caracas by Karina Sainz Borgo, translated by Elizabeth Bryer, is about.
In Caracas, Venezuela, Adelaida FalcĂłn has just buried her mother, a process that is made even more difficult by the explosive violence and scarcity gripping her country. People are routinely arrested
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