Ema The Captive

César Aira

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Ema The Captive

César Aira
FictionNDP1364First published 2016

In nineteenth-century Argentina, Ema, a delicate woman of indeterminate origins, is captured by soldiers and taken, along with her newborn babe, to live as a concubine in a crude fort on the very edges of civilization. The trip is appalling (deprivations a...

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Ema The Captive

César Aira

NEW DIRECTIONS