Told in cinematic prose skillfully rendered into english by daniella gitlin, operation massacre is a testament to walshs tenacity in his personal search for truth and justice. Sus autores eran jorge luis borges y adolfo bioy casares. Operacion masacre resumen argentina violencia prueba. That night, amid a series of actions that popped and fizzled around. Most heartbreaking, most incredible, most damning and beautiful, is the piece of writing that finally got walsh murdered. Operacion masacre is now considered by scholars as the first historical nonfiction novel, preceding truman. Rodolfo jorge walsh january 9, 1927 march 25, 1977 was an argentine writer and. Aug 27, 20 rodolfo walshs dramatic investigation of extrajudicial murders in 1950s argentina was an act of great journalistic courage. Included in this translation of operation massacre is walshs other best known work, open letter from a writer to the military junta. For those who dont know, walsh traces the story of a massacre perpetrated by the argentine military dictatorship after an aborted coup attempt c.
Operation massacre by rodolfo walsh 20827 rodolfo walsh on. A journalist and writer of crime fiction, walsh revealed the story of a secret execution by argentine military officers in 1956 in a series of magazine articles that became an oftreprinted classic of investigative reporting and a touchstone in the antiauthoritarian literature of latin america. Walsh sent the letter to newspapers on march 24, 1977. I read operacion massacre some years ago, before i knew who rodolfo walsh really was, and some of the scenes are still incredibly vivid in my head. Libro nuevo o segunda mano, sinopsis, resumen y opiniones. Rodolfo walshs dramatic investigation of extrajudicial murders in 1950s argentina was an act of great journalistic courage. Operacion masacre walsh rodolfo sinopsis del libro. Operacion masacre rodolfo walsh comprar libro 9788496822511. Operation massacre is a nonfiction novel of investigative journalism, written by noted argentine journalist and author rodolfo walsh. Periodista, investigador, escritor, critico y militante revolucionario argentino.