Boken på vent; Perla av Carolina De Robertis

Boken på vent er fast tirsdagstema hos Beathes bokhylle, og bestemte meg for å skrive om ”Perla” av Carolina De Robertis denne uka.



Under den ”skitne krigen” i Argentina fra 1976 til 1983, forsvant 30 000 personer, deriblant flere hundre gravide kvinner som opplevde at de nyfødte ungene ble gitt til militære familier. Perla har en offiserfar hun forguder, men som bringer skam over familien etter diktaturfallet og da hun får besøk av en fremmed mann, får hun etter hvert forståelse av sin egen rolle under krigen.


Har vært borti det temaet tidligere, med thriller Mapuche av Caryl Férey, så det kan bli interessant å lese mer om det.

Comments

  1. Beathe2 September 2014 at 13:24

    Ja, Perla ja, den har jeg liggende på vent sammen med Mapuche som heller ikke har blitt lest enda. Det er godt å få noen påminnelser av og til så tusen takk for det. Ønsker deg en fin dag :-)

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  2. Gråbekka`s Blogger2 September 2014 at 13:50

    Perla, den hadde jeg jo lyst å lese for en tid tilbake. Hadde glemt den jeg også:) Kom da aldri igang med den, men historien vekker min interesse igjen for den høres jo veldig interessant ut. Virkelig takk for påminnelsen!:) Kos deg!

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  3. astridterese2 September 2014 at 14:33

    Jeg har lest om hva som skjedde i Argentina både i aviser og på nettet. Det er en grusom forbrytelse som ble gjort både mot barna og mot foreldrene deres. Det er flere bestemødre som ved hjelp av DNA nå etterhvert har funnet frem til sine barnebarn. Håpet er at de skal finne alle sammen! Ønsker deg en god dag, Kristin!

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    1. GothicVamperstein2 September 2014 at 15:15

      Det er kanskje ikke alt som er like hyggelig å lese om, men på den andre siden kan det være en fordel at slike historier kommer frem, slik at det ikke blir glemt?

      Ha en fin dag du og. :-)

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  4. Lenes blogg2 September 2014 at 15:54

    Denne hørtes interessant ut. Takk for boktipset

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  5. Anita Ness2 September 2014 at 22:13

    Dette er en knallgod bok. Sterk. Kos deg, slev om boka har fælt tema. :)

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