{"product_id":"fried-polenta-scones-an-argentine-novel-of-the-1982-war-in-the-south-atlantic-9781912399376","title":"Fried Polenta Scones: An Argentine Novel of the 1982 War in the South Atlantic","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Ariel Martinelli\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Splash Editions\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Splash Editions\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is an extraordinary graphic novel recounting the true story of one young Argentine soldier's experience of war. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIts visceral depiction of terrifying events is presented in dramatic monochrome, stripped of distracting detail, giving emphasis to facial expression, staccato dialogue and sonorous sound, together with a refusal to excuse or sugar-coat the extremes of warfare or of the behaviour of those caught up in the turmoil. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe reader is spared no disturbing detail, be it bodily functions, desires, fear, the young conscripts' hatred of the enemy and sometimes even their own officers. The stark graphics delineate a bleak treeless land with stony terrain and forbidding mountains, while in the shortening days of a petrifying winter the dialogue and action transmit the intensifying horror of armed conflict. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"In twenty years of reading the testimonies, from both sides, of the harrowing experiences of survivors of the 1982 war, rarely have I encountered a text more directly capturing the irresponsibility, the futility, of exposing ill-equipped young conscripts to peril, trauma and the unrelenting imminence of violent death as depicted in \u003ci\u003eFried Polenta Scones\u003c\/i\u003e.\" \u003c\/b\u003eBernard McGuirk, author of \u003ci\u003eFalklands-Malvinas: An Unfinished Business\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Splash Editions","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45536329400471,"sku":"9781912399376","price":1003.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781912399376.webp?v=1768590691","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/fried-polenta-scones-an-argentine-novel-of-the-1982-war-in-the-south-atlantic-9781912399376","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}