Short War by Meyer, Lily
Short War by Meyer, Lily

Short War

Told in three distinct voices, Short War brings together a rapturous teenage love story set in Chile,...
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Author: Lily Meyer
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Short War by Meyer, Lily

Short War

€23,67
Short War by Meyer, Lily

Short War

€23,67
Author: Lily Meyer
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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Told in three distinct voices, Short War brings together a rapturous teenage love story set in Chile, the hunt for the author of an eye-opening literary detective story, and a complex reckoning with American political intervention in South America.

When sixteen-year-old Gabriel Lazris--an American in Santiago, Chile--meets Caro Ravest, something clicks. Caro, who is Chilean, is charming, curious, and deeply herself. Gabriel dreams of their future together. But everybody's saying there's going to be a coup--and no one says it louder than Gabriel's dad, a Nixon-loving newspaper editor who Gabriel suspects is working with the C.I.A. Gabriel's father is adamant that the moment political unrest erupts, their family is going home. To Gabriel, though, Chile is home.

Decades later, Gabriel's American-raised adult daughter Nina heads to Buenos Aires in a last-ditch effort to save her dissertation. Quickly, though, she gets sidetracked: first by a sexy professor, then by a controversial book called Guerra Eterna. A document of war and an underground classic, Guerra Eterna transforms Nina's sense of her family and identity, pushing her to confront the moral weight of being an American citizen in a hemisphere long dominated by U.S. power. But not until Short War's coda do we get true insight into the divergent fortunes of Gabriel Lazris and Caro Ravest.

Shaped by the geopolitical forces that brought far-right dictators like Pinochet to power, their fates reverberate through generations, evoking thorny questions about power, privilege, and how to live with the guilt of the past.



Author: Lily Meyer
Publisher: Strange Object
Published: 04/02/2024
Pages: 270
Binding Type: Paperback
ISBN: 9781646053155

About the Author
Lily Meyer is a writer, translator, and critic. Her translations include Claudia Ulloa Donoso's story collections Little Bird and Ice for Martians. Short War is her first novel. Lily holds a MA from the University of East Anglia and is a Ph.D. candidate in Creative Writing at the University of Cincinnati. Her short fiction can be found in Catapult, The Drift, The Masters Review, The Sewanee Review, and Soft Punk. Her essays and criticism appear in Bookforum, Public Books, The Atlantic, The Nation, The New York Times, and other outlets. She lives in Washington, D.C.
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