El mar y la serpiente

Summary —

The story of a missing father during the Dirty War of the military dictatorship in Argentina in the 1970s is narrated by the innocent voice of his young daughter. Although she is unable to understand her father’s sudden absence, the girl manages to describe the life changes, the escapes, and the hiding places that she and her mother are forced to find. This novel is a testimony to a tragedy that even today affects Argentineans, but has also affected other Latin American countries.