Book Review: ‘Short War,’ by Lily Meyer
A Tale of Young Flames, and Their Dark Futures, After a Coup
Apr 27, 2024 by NYT > Books
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- Gabriel is 16, Jewish, American; he came to Santiago with his family as “a monolingual 8-year-old terrified to make eye contact with the school priests or anyone else” and is barely more confident now.
- Gabriel knows his father peddles lies about President Salvador Allende to American audiences; when he goes rummaging in his father’s office, he realizes that the C.I.A. will orchestrate a takeover.
- In June, as Santiago is sealed off and Gabriel prepares to return to the United States, Caro tells him she’s pregnant.
- Gabriel looms at the edges of her story — depressed and lonely in Chicago, calling Nico on weekends, too broken by loss to return to Santiago even now.
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