- Las películas de mi vida
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name = The Movies of My Life
title_orig = Las películas de mi vida
translator = Ezra E. Fitz
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author =Alberto Fuguet
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country =Chile
language = Spanish
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genre = Semi-autobiographical novel
publisher = Rayo
release_date = 2002
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media_type = Print (Hardback &Paperback )
pages = 287
isbn = 0060534621
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followed_by ="Las películas de mi vida" (translated as "The Movies of My Life: A Novel") is a 2002 semi-
autobiographical novel byChilean writerAlberto Fuguet . The novel has received a significant amount of critical attention.Fact|date=January 2008Plot summary
The novel's protagonist tells the story of his life lived back and forth between Chile and
California . He focuses first on his early youth spent in California, using the films that he saw as a way to characterize this time in his life. He rather suddenly has to return to Chile in his early teens, coming home to live underAugusto Pinochet 's regime, a major culture shock for him.External links
* [http://www.popmatters.com/books/reviews/m/movies-of-my-life.shtml Pop Matters review]
* [http://www.powells.com/cgi-bin/biblio?isbn=0060534621 Powell's Books]
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