Claudia Piñeiro’s most recent book, Un comunista en calzoncillos [A Communist in Underpants], is a flashback to the author’s childhood and an homage to her father, intertwining facts and fiction. More than anything else, the 13-year-old protagonist longs for a normal father who visits school events and has a regular job, instead of one who constantly grumbles about the country and its symbols. Only when her teacher disappears after the military coup d’état do both finally come closer – and the daughter commits her own tiny act of rebellion. This warm-hearted book, full of insightfully observed details, sparkles with both subtly personal and cheerful episodes.

Review of the novel in Neue Zürcher Zeitung