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09/30/2007
Malena
Malena, A Woman’s Life in the Buenos Aires of the 40s
It takes place in San Telmo, one of the most traditional (and Bohemian) neighborhoods in the city. It´s the neighborhood where she was born. The name Malena is also the name of a famous tango, the name of an unhappy woman who drinks to hide her pain and sorrow. And, judging by the lyrics of the tango, Malena had a lot of pain and sorrow in her life. But why did they call the protagonist of my new book Malena? Why when she was not that unhappy? Not at first, anyway.
She didn´t want to get married. A carefree existence: Malena wanted that more than anything else in the world.
She didn´t like to be tied down to anything or any one.
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