Imagining Argentina

Imagining Argentina (1987) is a novel by American author Lawrence Thornton, about the Dirty War in 1970s Argentina, during which the military government abducted and "disappeared" suspected opposition activists. It was nominated for the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction.

Plot summary

Cecilia, a

theater

director, searches frantically for her and others through "imagining" their fates in prisons and cells.

The novel was highly praised.^[1] It was nominated for the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction.^[2]^[3]

In 2003, the novel was adapted as a film of the same name, written and directed by British playwright and director Christopher Hampton.

^ Hafrey, Leigh (20 September 1987). "THEY WILL HEAR SILVIO AYALA (Published 1987)". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
^ Trueheart, Charles (9 March 1988). "5 NOMINATED FOR PEN BOOK AWARD". Washington Post.
^ "PEN/Faulkner Group Lists Award Nominees (Published 1988)". The New York Times. 9 March 1988. Retrieved 28 January 2021.

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