It Would Be Night in Caracas

Name: It Would Be Night in Caracas
Brand: Harper Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Karina Sainz Borgo
ISBN: 9780062960207

Author: Karina Sainz Borgo

Narrator: Ana Osorio

Unabridged: 5 hr 45 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperOne

Published: 10/15/2019

Categories: Fiction, Literary Fiction, Hispanic & Latino, Dystopian

Synopsis

Told with gripping intensity, It Would be Night in Caracas chronicles one woman’s desperate battle to survive amid the dangerous, sometimes deadly, turbulence of modern Venezuela and the lengths she must go to secure her future.In Caracas, Venezuela, Adelaida Falcon stands over an open grave. Alone, except for harried undertakers, she buries her mother–the only family Adelaida has ever known.Numb with grief, Adelaida returns to the apartment they shared. Outside the window that she tapes shut every night—to prevent the tear gas raining down on protesters in the streets from seeping in. When looters masquerading as revolutionaries take over her apartment, Adelaida resists and is beaten up. It is the beginning of a fight for survival in a country that has disintegrated into violence and anarchy, where citizens are increasingly pitted against each other. But as fate would have it, Adelaida is given a gruesome choice that could secure her escape.Filled with riveting twists and turns, and told in a powerful, urgent voice, It Would Be Night in Caracas is a chilling reminder of how quickly the world we know can crumble.

About Karina Sainz Borgo

Karina Sainz Borgo was born and raised in Caracas, Venezuela. She began her career as a journalist for El Nacional. Since immigrating to Spain, she has written for Vozpópuli and collaborates with the literary magazine Zenda. Her debut novel, It Would Be Night in Caracas, was met with widespread acclaim and is now a major motion picture. Her latest novel, No Place to Bury the Dead, won the 2023 Jan Michalski Prize. She lives in Madrid.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jim on March 28, 2023

[Typos corrected 3/18/23] Stephen King would be hard-pressed to come up with a story more terrifying than this one because it’s based in reality. SPOILERS FOLLOW Our story begins with a young woman, an editor who works online. Her mother has just died. She has used up most of her money buying her moth......more

Goodreads review by Paige on August 01, 2019

Grieving over the recent loss of her mother, Adelaida struggles to persevere amid revolution in Venezuela. While alone and desperate, she is forced to make a harrowing decision in order to ensure her own safety. In my opinion, this story can best be described as monotonous. The blurb misled me to be......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer ~ TarHeelReader on November 29, 2021

It took me a while to share my thoughts on It Would Be Night in Caracas. This book is set in Venezuela during its revolution, and along with that, this is an important story because it put Venezuela back in my awareness. I was in college studying Spanish literature when Chavez assumed the presidency......more

Goodreads review by Martin on June 17, 2021

Cuando vi las reseñas de la novela, me sorprendió descubrir que estaban muy polarizadas: algunas personas le dieron 4 o 5 estrellas y otras 1 sola. La crítica más común es que se trataría de una novela "oportunista", lo que a priori no es una crítica sobre los méritos literarios del libro. Por otro......more

Goodreads review by Irina on July 17, 2024

E moarte și agonie, e tăișul sclipitor a memorie care niciodată nu mă înșeala, mi s-a întâmplat și cu alte cărți, nu le-am abandonat niciodată, m-au lăsat să "sângerez" abundent și bine mi-au făcut, e un fel de masochism literar, e un fel de a-mi regăsi identitatea într-o lume pierdută a umbrelo......more