Springtime In A Broken Mirror Av Mario Benedetti

<p><b>An extraordinary story of love and exile, from one of the great masters of the Latin American novel<br><br></b><i>''Having news from you is like opening a window''</i><br><br>Santiago is trapped. Taken political prisoner in Montevideo after a brutal military coup, he can do nothing but write letters to his family, and try to stay sane. Far away in a different country, his father tries to adjust to life in exile, his nine-year-old daughter marvels at the big city, and his beautiful, careworn wife finds herself irresistibly drawn to another man, as day by day Santiago edges closer to freedom. <br><br> Told with tenderness and fury through the voices of a family torn apart by history, <i>Springtime in a Broken Mirror </i>asks whether shattered lives can ever truly be mended. <br><br>''A masterful novel ... a remarkable collage of unique perspectives - or shards from that eponymous broken mirror'' <i>The National</i></p>