It Would Be Night in Caracas - Karina Sainz Borgo Translator: Jay Rubin

Translator: Jay Rubin

Mark Strand and Alastair Reid

Trujillo's decadent inner circle (which includes Urania's soon-to-be disgraced father) enjoys the luxuries of privilege while the rest of the nation lives in fear and deprivation

it is emblematic of consumer culture and the changes in sexual attitudes and class relations taking place at the end of the century

Resistance

It Would Be Night in Caracas - Karina Sainz Borgo Translator: Jay RubinIn Caracas, Venezuela, Adelaida Falcon stands over an open grave. Alone, except for harried undertakers, she buries her mother the only family Adelaida has ever known. Numb with grief, Adelaida returns to the apartment they shared. Outside her window tear gas rains down on protesters in the streets. When looters masquerading as revolutionaries take over her apartment, Adelaida resists and is beaten up. This marks the beginning of a fight for survival