The ballad of Johnny Sosa
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Author
Contributions
- Hampsten, Elizabeth, 1932-. - Contributor
Publication
2002 - Overlook Press, Woodstock, NY, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
30,500 words, Guess
Page Count
122 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveballadofjohnnyso00delg
- ISBN-101585672246
- ISBN-139781585672240
- LibraryThing3358828
- Goodreads2895471
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- Library of Congress Control Number2002020604
- OCLC Control Number48951410
- Better World Books9781585672240
- Open LibraryOL18508029M
Classifications
- DDC863/.64
- LCCPQ8520.14.E45 B313 2002
- LCCPQ8520.14.E45B313
Description
"The Ballad of Johnny Sosa depicts an ordinary man trying to live out his dreams in a dreary provincial town in central Uruguay while suffering in the tentacles of military oppression. Every night, Johnny Sosa, a poor, young, black musician, sings melancholic soul music in the small bar in the town's brothel, dreaming of a life beyond his confining world, and for a few hours each day ignoring the secretive and oppressive military regime - a dictatorship not so much seen as felt - that has taken over his country.". "He attracts the attention of the local military leader who uses Sosa for his own political ends and, for a while, Johnny is permitted to sing and to imagine that he will perform at the national festival, where discovery and success may well be waiting for him. However, as his friends mysteriously start to disappear, Johnny begins to realize the price of his dream, and he must decide if he will pay it."--BOOK JACKET.
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