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The Shadow Of What We Were is a book that is written from
the perspective of communist exiles, who have travelled through many countries
in Europe and have come back home. Home for these exiles is a low-income
neighborhood. The main characters of the story are Cacho Salinas, Lolo
Garmedia, and Lucho Arencibia. However, when these three men come back home
they’ve discovered that the country has evolved while they have not. These
three men however when they come back to Chile realize that the country is no
longer the way they are. This book is one of those books that in order to
understand it better you must at least know a brief history of Chile. There are
a lot of references to different protest music, poetry, and different political
figures throughout the Chilean revolution.
