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Zusatztext “A brutal murder is the starting point for this strange! compelling journey…Sacheri gives us a view of the world as a dark place illuminated by personal loyalties” –Kirkus “A brilliant! psychological thriller… based on the past! yet a past that still reverberates so powerfully in the present.” –Arts Fuse “Sacheri builds a startling psychological mystery about the secrets of a country corroded by state terror! and the secrets of a heart so suffocated that it cannot utter its simple! pure desire.” –Michael Greenberg! author of Hurry Down Sunshine Informationen zum Autor Eduardo Sacheri was born in Buenos Aires in 1967. His first collection of short stories! Esperándolo a Tito y otros cuentos de fútbol ( Waiting for Tito and Other Football Stories ) was published in Spain in 2000 under the title Traidores y otros cuentos ( Traitors and Other Stories ). Three other collections were published between 2001 and 2007! all of which have been incredible best sellers in Argentina. His novel La pregunta de sus ojos has been sold into eight territories! and the first film adaptation of his novel! The Secret in Their Eyes ! won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film in 2010. John Cullen is the translator of many books from Spanish! French! German! and Italian! including Margaret Mazzantini’s Don’t Move ! Yasmina Khadra’s Middle East Trilogy ( The Swallows of Kabul! The Attack! The Sirens of Baghdad )! Christa Wolf’s Medea ! and Manuel de Lope’s The Wrong Blood (Other Press). He lives in upstate New York. Benjamín Chaparro is a retired detective still obsessed by the brutal, decades-old rape and murder of a young married woman in her own bedroom. While attempting to write a book about the case, he revisits the details of the investigation. As he reaches into the past, Chaparro also recalls the beginning of his long, unrequited love for Irene, then just an intern, now a respected judge. Interweaving past and present, this deeply layered mystery explores the murky boundaries between justice and revenge, and asks the question: how far would you go to right an unfathomable wrong? Zusammenfassung A retired detective revisits the most wrenching murder investigation of his career! and discovers not only the tenacious grip of revenge but also the enduring power of love. Benjamín Chaparro is a retired detective still obsessed by the brutal! decades-old rape and murder of a young married woman in her own bedroom. While attempting to write a book about the case! he revisits the details of the investigation. As he reaches into the past! Chaparro also recalls the beginning of his long! unrequited love for Irene! then just an intern! now a respected judge. Interweaving past and present! this deeply layered mystery explores the murky boundaries between justice and revenge! and asks the question: how far would you go to right an unfathomable wrong? About the film: Written and directed by Academy Award® nominee Billy Ray ( Captain Phillips ! The Hunger Games )! and produced by Academy Award® winner Mark Johnson ( Rain Man ! “Breaking Bad”)! Secret In Their Eyes is an intense! powerful! haunting thriller starring Academy Award® nominee Chiwetel Ejiofor! and Academy Award® winners Nicole Kidman and Julia Roberts. ...
