{"product_id":"fried-polenta-scones-ariel-martinelli-9781912399376","title":"Fried Polenta Scones: An Argentine Novel of the 1982 War in the South Atlantic","description":"This is an extraordinary graphic novel recounting the true story of one young Argentine soldier's experience of war. \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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ariel Martinelli, Adolfo Bayúgar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1912399377\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781912399376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Splash Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/02\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 100\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.41lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.21d","brand":"Ariel Martinelli","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46173084385535,"sku":"9781912399376","price":11.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8045fa39-5b0b-4b8f-9547-59d768684cb7.jpg?v=1727179944","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/fried-polenta-scones-ariel-martinelli-9781912399376","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}