Tābūt-i Tuhī: Persiska (Farsi) 1399

A brave novel about tensions and uncertainty in a country awaiting the last days of a charismatic leader. Insomnia and persistent restlessness accompany the retirement of oncologist Miguel Sanabria, who feels how the political situation has poisoned his country, Venezuela, and also his life, torn between the anti-Chavist extremism of his wife and the Bolivarian radicalism of his brother. These imbalances will increase as soon as his nephew Vladimir, who recently arrived from Havana, asks him to hide a mobile phone in which there is a compromising and secret recording of Hugo Chávez at an advanced stage of his illness. Meanwhile, an unemployed journalist, Fredy Lacuna, who is trying to investigate the president's illness, refuses to leave the apartment claimed by the owner, who has recently returned from Miami; An American scholar, Madeleine, gains an important contact to complete her essay on charisma. And María, a nine-year-old girl who lives locked up at home with her mother because of the violence that has taken over the street, manages to find a friend online.