2538912The Gringahttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-gringa-9781612198231/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3771706/ead9f358-cfaf-4413-9aff-7037a9b036a3.jpg?v=638385850677970000295410MXNMelville HouseInStock/Ebooks/A gripping and subversive novel about the slippery nature of truth and the tragic consequences of American idealism Leonora Gelb came to Peru to make a difference. A passionate and idealistic Stanford grad, she left a life of privilege to fight poverty and oppression, but her beliefs are tested when she falls in with violent revolutionaries. While death squads and informants roam the streets and suspicion festers among the comrades, Leonora plans a decisive act of protestuntil her capture in a bloody government raid, and a sham trial that sends her to prison for life.Ten years later, Andresa failed novelist turned expatis asked to write a magazine profile of La Leo. As his personal life unravels, he struggles to understand Leonora, to reconstruct her involvement with the militants, and to chronicle Perus tragic history. At every turn hes confronted by violence and suffering, and by the consequences of his American privilege. Is the real Leonora an activist or a terrorist? Cold-eyed conspirator or nave puppet? And who is he to decide?In this powerful and timely new novel, Andrew Altschul maps the blurred boundaries between fact and fiction, author and text, resistance and extremism. Part coming-of-age story and part political thriller, The Gringa asks what one person can do in the face of the worlds injustice....2475045The Gringa295410https://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-gringa-9781612198231/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3771706/ead9f358-cfaf-4413-9aff-7037a9b036a3.jpg?v=638385850677970000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20209781612198231_W3siaWQiOiJhY2I3N2YxNS0yYmJiLTRjMWYtYjM4Yi05NjlmMDg2MTkyMGMiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjQwMCwiZGlzY291bnQiOjExMiwic2VsbGluZ1ByaWNlIjoyODgsImluY2x1ZGVzVGF4Ijp0cnVlLCJwcmljZVR5cGUiOiJXaG9sZXNhbGUiLCJjdXJyZW5jeSI6Ik1YTiIsImZyb20iOiIyMDI0LTEyLTAxVDAwOjAwOjAwWiIsInJlZ2lvbiI6Ik1YIiwiaXNQcmVvcmRlciI6ZmFsc2V9XQ==9781612198231_A gripping and subversive novel about the slippery nature of truth and the tragic consequences of American idealism Leonora Gelb came to Peru to make a difference. A passionate and idealistic Stanford grad, she left a life of privilege to fight poverty and oppression, but her beliefs are tested when she falls in with violent revolutionaries. While death squads and informants roam the streets and suspicion festers among the comrades, Leonora plans a decisive act of protestuntil her capture in a bloody government raid, and a sham trial that sends her to prison for life.Ten years later, Andresa failed novelist turned expatis asked to write a magazine profile of La Leo. As his personal life unravels, he struggles to understand Leonora, to reconstruct her involvement with the militants, and to chronicle Perus tragic history. At every turn hes confronted by violence and suffering, and by the consequences of his American privilege. Is the real Leonora an activist or a terrorist? Cold-eyed conspirator or nave puppet? And who is he to decide?In this powerful and timely new novel, Andrew Altschul maps the blurred boundaries between fact and fiction, author and text, resistance and extremism. Part coming-of-age story and part political thriller, The Gringa asks what one person can do in the face of the worlds injustice.(*_*)9781612198231_A gripping and subversive novel about the slippery nature of truth and the tragic consequences of American idealism Leonora Gelb came to Peru to make a difference. A passionate and idealistic Stanford grad, she left a life of privilege to fight poverty and oppression, but her beliefs are tested when she falls in with violent revolutionaries. While death squads and informants roam the streets and suspicion festers among the comrades, Leonora plans a decisive act of protestuntil her capture in a bloody government raid, and a sham trial that sends her to prison for life.Ten years later, Andresa failed novelist turned expatis asked to write a magazine profile of La Leo. As his personal life unravels, he struggles to understand Leonora, to reconstruct her involvement with the militants, and to chronicle Perus tragic history. At every turn hes confronted by violence and suffering, and by the consequences of his American privilege. Is the real Leonora an activist or a terrorist? Cold-eyed conspirator or nave puppet? And who is he to decide?In this powerful and timely new novel, Andrew Altschul maps the blurred boundaries between fact and fiction, author and text, resistance and extremism. Part coming-of-age story and part political thriller, The Gringa asks what one person can do in the face of the worlds injustice....9781612198231_Melville Houselibro_electonico_99413517-e4c5-3573-9ace-3a6b74e70d9c_9781612198231;9781612198231_9781612198231Andrew AltschulInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/randomhousewh-epub-3b5ec8c8-9e02-402e-a9f8-c7ae438aab89.epub2020-03-10T00:00:00+00:00Melville House