Osvaldo Soriano – Cuarteles de Invierno

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The story takes place in Colonia Vela, a small fictional Argentine provincial town, during the last Argentine civil-military dictatorship (1976-1983).

Andrés Galván, a tango singer in decline and narrator of the story, and Tony Rocha, a forgotten boxer, meet at the town’s train station and become friends. The town’s anniversary is approaching and the military authorities are preparing a big festival, for which the friends have been hired: Galván must give a recital in the theater, and Rocha will face Marcial Sepúlveda, local undefeated champion and favorite, to whom he must lose. Although both try not to compromise with the military’s intentions and limit themselves to doing their job, they soon realize that it will not be as simple as they initially thought.