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Cantoras

by Caro de Robertis

A hidden refuge across decades of change

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A hidden refuge across decades of change

Set in Uruguay under the military government of the 1970s, Cantoras brings five women together around a remote cape they make their own. The sanctuary becomes a point of return over thirty-five years, as their lives unfold amid pressure from family, lovers, society, and one another. The novel’s structure links a private refuge to a wider history of queer life under repression, while foregrounding the bonds formed through shared space and community.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in LGBTQ+ fiction centered on women’s lives and relationships.
  • Readers drawn to stories spanning decades and set against Uruguay’s history of military rule.
  • Readers seeking fiction about chosen community and finding refuge under social pressure.

Themes

Queer love and communityLife under political repressionChosen refugeAuthenticity and social pressure

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Book overview

In defiance of the brutal military government that took power in Uruguay in the 1970s, and under which homosexuality is a dangerous transgression, five women miraculously find one another--and, together, an isolated cape that they claim as their own.

Over the next thirty-five years, they travel back and forth from this secret sanctuary, sometimes together, sometimes in pairs, with lovers in tow or alone. Throughout it all, they will be tested repeatedly--by their families, lovers, society, and one another--as they fight to live authentic lives.

A groundbreaking, genre-defining work, Cantoras is a breathtaking portrait of queer love, community, forgotten history, and the strength of the human spirit.
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