{"title":"Nona Fernandez","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNona Fernández\u003c\/strong\u003e crafts stories that captivate young minds with a blend of imagination and gentle insight. Her works often explore themes of wonder and self-discovery, inviting children to see the world through a magical lens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a style that balances playful narrative and thoughtful reflection, her books encourage curiosity and emotional growth. Readers can expect engaging tales that linger beyond the final page, perfect for children eager to explore new horizons.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-twilight-zone-by-nona-fernandez-9781914198212","title":"The Twilight Zone","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is 1984 in Chile, in the middle of the Pinochet dictatorship. A member of the secret police walks into the office of a dissident magazine and finds a reporter, who records his testimony. Our narrator is a child when she first sees this man's face on the magazine's cover with the words 'I Tortured People', and his complicity in the worst crimes of the regime haunts her into adulthood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThrough extraordinary feats of the imagination, Fernández follows 'the man who tortured people' to places that archives can't reach, into the sinister twilight zone of history where morning routines, a game of chess, Yuri Gagarin, and the eponymous TV show of the novel's title coexist with the brutal yet commonplace machinations of the regime.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHow do crimes vanish in plain sight? How does one resist a repressive regime? 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They recall regimented school assemblies, nationalistic class performances, and a trip to the beach.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt soon transpires that Estrella's father was a ranking government officer implicated in the Pinochet regime, and after she simply disappeared, questions of what became of her haunt her former friends. Growing up, they were old enough to sense the danger and tension that surrounded them but were powerless to resist or confront it. They could control only the stories they told one another and the 'ghostly green bullets' they fired in their favourite video game.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOne of the leading Latin American writers of her generation, Nona Fernández effortlessly builds a choral and constantly shifting image of young life in the waning years of the dictatorship. 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