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02265aam a2200373Mi 4500 001 351D53668C3A11EAB4A2F82B97128E48 003 SILO 005 20200815010218 008 200302t20192019nyu 000 1 eng d 010 $a 2019956590 020 $a 1612198228 020 $a 9781612198224 (hardcover) 035 $a (OCoLC)1148190261 040 $a FHP $b eng $e rda $c FHP $d IW5 $d SILO 082 04 $a 813/.6 $2 23 100 1 $a Altschul, Andrew Foster, $e author. 245 14 $a The gringa / $c Andrew Altschul. 260 $a Brooklyn, NY : $b Melville House, $c 2019. 300 $a 421 pages ; $c 24 cm 500 $a "A portion of this novel was orignially published in Zyzzyva, under the title "They hate us for our freedom."--Title page verso. 520 $a "Leonora Gelb came to Peru to make a difference. A passionate and idealistic Stanford grad, she left a life of privilege to fight poverty and oppression, but her beliefs are tested when she falls in with violent revolutionaries. While death squads and informants roam the streets and suspicion festers among the comrades, Leonora plans a decisive act of protest--until her capture in a bloody government raid, and a sham trial that sends her to prison for life. Ten years later, Andres--a failed novelist turned expat--is asked to write a magazine profile of "La Leo." As his personal life unravels, he struggles to understand Leonora, to reconstruct her involvement with the militants, and to chronicle Peru's tragic history. At every turn he's confronted by violence and suffering, and by the consequences of his American privilege. Is the real Leonora an activist or a terrorist? Cold-eyed conspirator or navÌe puppet? And who is he to decide?"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Revolutionaries $z Peru $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Political activists $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Authors $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Women prisoners $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Terrorism $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Peru $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Thrillers (Fiction) $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Bildungsromans. $2 lcgft 941 $a 3 952 $l USUX851 $d 20201103015812.0 952 $l SAPG074 $d 20200610030207.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20200502010253.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=351D53668C3A11EAB4A2F82B97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search