A review by pearloz
The Twilight Zone by Nona Fernández

5.0

Powerful novel about 70s and 80s Pinochet's Chile and about the disappearances, torture, and murder of political rivals, their friends and family, and journalists. Primarily, the book is a barely-fictional accounting of Andrés Antonio Valenzuela Morales's confession to a reporter at Cauce magazine (you can see the cover of the issue here: https://bit.ly/2YMD2VH) and his escape to France afterwards. It is also about the author and her relationship to the disappearances and deaths that occurred around her. Events are often compared to particular episodes of the Twilight Zone and you get the sense that she's suggesting Chile as an alternate universe where everything seems upside down. Great writing, story well told.