u003cbu003eAn extraordinary story of love and exile, from one of the great masters of the Latin American novelu003c/bu003e u003cpu003eu003ciu003e'Having news from you is like opening a window'u003c/iu003eu003cpu003eSantiago is trapped. Taken political prisoner in Montevideo after a brutal military coup, he can do nothing but write letters to his family, and try to stay sane. Far away in a different country, his father tries to adjust to life in exile, his nine-year-old daughter marvels at the big city, and his beautiful, careworn wife finds herself irresistibly drawn to another man, as day by day Santiago edges closer to freedom. u003c/pu003eu003cpu003e Told with tenderness and fury through the voices of a family torn apart by history, u003ciu003eSpringtime in a Broken Mirror u003c/iu003easks whether shattered lives can ever truly be mended. u003c/pu003eu003cpu003e'A masterful novel ... a remarkable collage of unique perspectives - or shards from that eponymous broken mirror' u003ciu003eThe Nationalu003c/iu003eu003c/pu003e
