The novel’s brilliance lies in its architecture, linking seemingly disparate lives across decades:
The Triptych of Complicity: A Look at Martín Kohan's Confesión Martin Kohan ConfesiГіn (Anagrama) epub
An elderly Mirta plays a game of cards with her grandson in a nursing home. Between hands of truco , she reveals a final, devastating truth about what happened to her son, the boy's father. Key Themes and Style The novel’s brilliance lies in its architecture, linking
Martín Kohan’s (2020), published by Editorial Anagrama , is a masterful exploration of Argentina's dark 20th-century history, woven through the lens of private lives and civilian complicity. Structured as a triptych, the novel uses three distinct time periods to connect the intimate act of confessing with the brutal reality of the Videla dictatorship. A Narrative in Three Acts Structured as a triptych, the novel uses three
Young Mirta López confesses her burgeoning sexual desires to a priest, sparked by her obsession with a boy who walks past her window—a young Jorge Rafael Videla.
Confesión by Martín Kohan - Latin American Literature Today
A revolutionary cell plans a high-stakes attack at an airfield to assassinate the now-infamous dictator Videla.