
Mi Niñera de la KGB / My KGB Nanny
by Laura Ramos
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ESTA ES LA ASOMBROSA VIDA DE ÁFRICA DE LAS HERAS, LA ESPÍA ESPAÑOLA DE LA KGB.Una apasionante investigación que traza un fresco de la historia del siglo XX, por la ganadora de los premios Konex y de la Crítica.«Una historia tan extraordinaria como real, por una de las mejores plumas de no ficción de la Argentina». - Claudia PiñeiroÁfrica de las Heras fue captada por los servicios secretos soviéticos en 1937. Desde entonces, operó como una agente internacional de élite. Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial se tiró en paracaídas sobre las tropas de la retaguardia alemana en Ucrania; en México participó en el asesinato de Trotski; se casó con Felisberto Hernández con el fin de establecer un centro de la KGB en Montevideo, donde estuvo implicada en un supuesto intento de asesinato del Che, así como en el de su último marido. Allí pasó a ser la niñera de la autora de este libro, hija de una pareja de políticos e intelectuales trotskistas argentinos. Más de medio siglo después, Ramos descubre su verdadera identidad y emprende una exhaustiva investigación con revelaciones inéditas tras viajar siguiendo sus pasos por Ceuta, Barcelona, México, La Habana, Cambridge y Montevideo.Elogiada por Martín Caparrós, Alan Pauls, Claudia Piñeiro, Rodrigo Fresán o Jorge Fernández Díaz, Mi niñera de la KGB es un relato hipnótico, magistralmente escrito por la ganadora de los premios Konex y de la Crítica, donde se mezclan espionaje, historia y memoria familiar.ENGLISH DESCRIPTIONTHIS IS THE AMAZING LIFE OF ÁFRICA DE LAS HERAS, THE SPANISH SPY IN THE KGB.A gripping investigation that paints a vivid picture of 20th-century history, by the winner of the Konex and Critics’ Awards“A story as extraordinary as it is true, by one of Argentina’s finest nonfiction writers.”- Claudia PiñeiroÁfrica de las Heras was recruited by the Soviet secret services in 1937. From then on, she operated as an elite international agent. During World War II, she parachuted behind German lines in Ukraine; in Mexico, she participated in the assassination of Trotsky; she married Felisberto Hernández in order to establish a KGB center in Montevideo, where she was implicated in an alleged assassination attempt on Che Guevara, as well as on her last husband. There she became the nanny of the author of this book, who was the daughter of a couple of Argentine Trotskyist politicians and intellectuals. More than half a century later, Ramos discovers her own true identity and undertakes an exhaustive investigation with never-before-revealed details after traveling in her footsteps through Ceuta, Barcelona, Mexico, Havana, Cambridge, and Montevideo.Praised by Martín Caparrós, Alan Pauls, Claudia Piñeiro, Rodrigo Fresán, and Jorge Fernández Díaz, My KGB Nanny is a hypnotic tale, masterfully written by the winner of the Konex and Critics’ Awards, blending espionage, history, and family memory.
Details
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN-13
- 9788426433497
- Publisher
- Lumen Press
- Published
- October 20, 2026
- Pages
- 256
- Weight
- 12 oz
- Subject
- Biography & Autobiography
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