{"product_id":"once-9-53am-terror-in-buenos-aires-9780271077185","title":"Once@9:53am: Terror in Buenos Aires","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Ilan Stavans | Marcelo Brodsky | Ilan Stavans\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Penn State University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Penn State University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Nonfiction - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt 9:53 on the morning of July 18, 1994, a suicide bomber drove a Renault Trafic van loaded with explosives into the Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina, a Jewish community center in the bustling commercial neighborhood of Once, Buenos Aires. The explosion left eighty-five people dead and over three hundred wounded. Originally published in Spanish amid widespread controversy, \u003ci\u003eOnce@9:53am: Terror in Buenos Aires\u003c\/i\u003e imagines the two hours before the attack through the popular format of the fotonovela. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart documentary, part fiction, this vivid retelling of Argentina's deadliest bombing depicts a vibrant, complex urban community in the hours before its identity was forever changed. This expanded English edition includes a new essay by Ilan Stavans detailing the aftermath of the attack and the faulty investigations that have yet to yield any arrests or reach resolution. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA unique and powerful visual experience, \u003ci\u003eOnce@9:53am\u003c\/i\u003e is both a commemoration of an atrocity that shifted Latin American Jewish identity in innumerable ways and an ingenious use of a popular format to explore the dangerous intersection of politics and religion in Latin America. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penn State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47890293162135,"sku":"9780271077185","price":1969.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780271077185.webp?v=1781179410","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/once-9-53am-terror-in-buenos-aires-9780271077185","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}