{"product_id":"santa-evita-by-tomas-eloy-martinez","title":"'Santa Evita' by Tomás Eloy Martínez","description":"\u003csection class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none [--shadow-height:45px] has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none has-data-writing-block:-mt-(--shadow-height) has-data-writing-block:pt-(--shadow-height) [\u0026amp;:has([data-writing-block])\u0026gt;*]:pointer-events-auto R6Vx5W_threadScrollVars scroll-mb-[calc(var(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+var(--thread-response-height))] scroll-mt-(--header-height)\" dir=\"auto\" data-turn-id=\"386e2f81-72b1-4d94-a60c-985a1e340b52\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-135\" data-scroll-anchor=\"false\" data-turn=\"user\"\u003e\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none [--shadow-height:45px] has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none has-data-writing-block:-mt-(--shadow-height) has-data-writing-block:pt-(--shadow-height) [\u0026amp;:has([data-writing-block])\u0026gt;*]:pointer-events-auto [content-visibility:auto] supports-[content-visibility:auto]:[contain-intrinsic-size:auto_100lvh] R6Vx5W_threadScrollVars scroll-mb-[calc(var(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+var(--thread-response-height))] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" data-turn-id=\"request-69eabb59-4cc8-839c-8c97-e04927ef0509-29\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-136\" data-scroll-anchor=\"false\" data-turn=\"assistant\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"f2a6ac72-a0ef-4597-99cf-d6d5c82d64fb\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-3\" class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+\u0026amp;]:mt-1\" data-turn-start-message=\"true\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full wrap-break-word light markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-start=\"39\" data-end=\"394\"\u003eAfter Eva Perón’s death in 1952, her embalmed corpse becomes the object of state obsession, political paranoia, and myth-making.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"39\" data-end=\"394\"\u003eMartínez traces what happens after her death: the military coup, the disappearance of the body, and the elaborate, often absurd attempts to control, hide, and possess it. The narrative moves between documented history and invention, following soldiers, embalmers, bureaucrats, and witnesses whose lives become entangled with Eva’s afterlife. As the corpse is transported, duplicated, and mythologised, it destabilises the boundary between fact and fiction, turning national history into something closer to a fevered archive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"752\" data-end=\"953\"\u003eRather than reconstruct a single truth, \u003cem data-start=\"792\" data-end=\"805\"\u003eSanta Evita\u003c\/em\u003e tracks how power operates through narrative—how a body becomes symbol, relic, and threat, and how a country continues to orbit it long after death. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"752\" data-end=\"953\"\u003eIt is SO beautifully weird.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"752\" data-end=\"953\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"968\" data-end=\"992\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback edition, Transworld\/Anchor (1997). Clean, tight binding with light shelf wear to covers; minor creasing at edges and faint surface marks visible under light. Internally clean with no inscriptions or markings. Very good condition overall.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44555998494803,"sku":null,"price":16.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/Yourparagraphtext_52.png?v=1777613212","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/santa-evita-by-tomas-eloy-martinez","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}