Synopses & Reviews
It's early June 1982 and winter in the Falkland Islands: twenty-four young soldiers-deserters from the Argentine army-spend the last weeks of the conflict hiding underground in a cave. Inside their refuge, they listen to the radio, stockpile supplies, and exchange stories; outside, under cover of night, they trade with the Argentine quartermaster and with the British. Looking out over the bleak landscape, after weeks of gray skies and horizontal snow, one of them remarks that "you'd have to be English to want this."
Review
"Malvinas Requiemhas a well-earned spot as the major literary piece on Argentina's only twentieth-century war." Buenos Aires Herald
Synopsis
Tells the story of the forgotten Argentine soldiers who fought against the British.
About the Author
During the '60s and '70s Rodolfo Fogwill was a well known entrepreneur and the owner of one of the major market research organizations in Latin America. In the '80s he wrote opinion columns in a dozen magazines and newspapers. Since the '90s he has been a familiar face in the media, frequently asked to comment on politics, culture and literature.