Rafael Federman

Mariano, 16, inexplicably and without warning, shoots himself twice and improbably survives. Then, life goes on. His brother pursues a romance with a girl working at a fast-food joint, his mother takes off on a trip with a stranger, and Mariano recruits a woman to join his medieval wind ensemble.

An office clerk caught in the dark days of Argentina’s dictatorship must decide if he is willing to risk everything to help two strangers.