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Chilco

Title	Chilco
Names	Catrileo, Daniela.
Book Number	DB122914
Title Status	In Process
Medium	Digital Book
Annotation	"A couple survives in the center of the capital city, without feeling at home. Marina, the narrator, is the granddaughter of a Peruvian migrant and works in the archives of the Museum of Natural and Social History, while Pascale carries the tradition of her Lafkenche family from the island of Chilco, in the south of the country, subsisting on carpentry work. Her best friend, Leila, had to leave Haiti to try her luck in this country, which is moving steadily towards destruction. The collapse of a building on Gran Avenida, the sinkholes that begin to appear without a cause and a social movement that is determined to demolish everything are the signs of a downward spiral that seems irreversible, while the couple and their friend organize themselves and fight for a more dignified existence. It is at that moment that Marina and Pascale decide to migrate to Chilco, where the promise of a fuller life seems possible, far from the exploitation and colonial violence of the Capital. Chilco is, then, the symbol of a space where the cultures of this continent can express themselves." -- Translation provided by NLS.
	"Una pareja sobrevive en el centro de la ciudad Capital, sin sentirla como un hogar. Marina, la narradora, es nieta de una migrante peruana y trabaja en el archivo del Museo de Historia Natural y Social, mientras que Pascale carga la tradición de su familia lafkenche de la isla de Chilco, al sur del país, subsistiendo gracias a trabajos de carpintería. Su mejor amiga, Leila, tuvo que dejar Haití para probar suerte en este país, que avanza a paso firme hacia su destrucción. La caída de un edificio en Gran Avenida, los socavones que comienzan a aparecer sin una causa y un movimiento social que se empeña en demolerlo todo son las señales de una decadencia que parece irreversible, al tiempo que la pareja y su amiga se organizan y luchan por una existencia más digna. Es en ese momento que Marina y Pascale deciden migrar a Chilco, donde la promesa de una vida más plena parece ser posible, lejos de la explotación y la violencia colonial de la Capital. Chilco es, entonces, el símbolo de un espacio en el que las culturas de este continente pueden expresarse." -- Proporcionada por la editorial. -- Contiene lenguaje ofensivo, descripciones de violencia, y algunas descripciones de índole sexual. -- Violence, strong language and some descriptions of sex. Spanish language.
Local Subject	Immigrants (Fiction) - IMMF
	Titles in Spanish - F-SPA
	Women's Fiction - WFI
	Literature - Spanish fiction - L-SPF
	Translated Material - TRM
Audience Notes	Contains violence - VI
	Contains strong language - ST
	Contains some descriptions of sex - SES
LC Subject	Indigenous peoples - Chile - Fiction
	Immigrants - Chile - Fiction
	Chile - Social conditions - Fiction
	Fiction
	Novels

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