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2000s: One woman’s desperate battle to survive the dangerous, sometimes deadly, turbulence of modern Venezuela
It Would be Night in Caracas
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In Caracas, Venezuela, Adelaida Falcon stands over an open grave. Alone, except for harried undertakers, she buries her mother – the only family Adelaida has ever known.
Numb with grief, Adelaida returns to the apartment they shared. Outside her window tear gas rains down on protesters in the streets. When looters masquerading as revolutionaries take over her apartment, Adelaida resists and is beaten up. This marks the beginning of a fight for survival in a country that has disintegrated into violence and anarchy, where citizens are increasingly pitted against each other.
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This is a often harrowing account of a country falling apart in every sense of the word. A woman falls apart after the death of her mother and at the same time the country crumbles as government collapses, peace and security torn from the streets and chaos in the streets as a result.
There is despair all around – there is a military government in place and thugs are ruthlessly controlling the black market in food and everything else. If anyone dares stand up to them, they pay with their life. On top of her grief, Adelaida has to do what she never thought she would to survive. Whatever happens to her, she has to deal with. This is raw, visceral and gripping as well as devastating.
Caracas is sliding into oblivion…. A powerful portrayal of a country and its people, a humanitarian crisis and how if the world doesn’t listen, what we miss to our cost.
. The text is visceral and drags the reader into the mess that is Caracas. But, thankfully, interspersed with this violence are episodes of almost lyrical beauty where Adelaida recalls memories of happier times. Brilliant writing captured beautifully by Elizabeth Byer, the translator. By the end of the novel Adelaida
Booktrailer Review
A heartbreaking read but very insightful and thought provoking.
The BookTrail’s full bookreview of It Would be Night in Caracas
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Destination: Caracas, Venezuela, Madrid Author/Guide: Karina Sainz Borgo Departure Time: 2000s
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