![]() ![]() but Montserrat soon notices a dark presence following her, and Tristán begins seeing the ghost of his ex-girlfriend.Īs they work together to unravel the mystery of the film and the obscure occultist who once roamed their city, Montserrat and Tristán may find that sorcerers and magic are not only the stuff of movies. Now the director wants Montserrat and Tristán to help him shoot the missing scene and lift the curse. Silvia Moreno-Garcia Silver Nitrate Paperback Large Print, Jby Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Author) See all formats and editions Kindle 13.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 28.00 1 New from 28.00 Paperback 30.00 1 New from 30.00 Pre-order Price Guarantee. The magic film was never finished, which is why, Urueta swears, his career vanished overnight. Then Tristán discovers his new neighbor is the cult horror director Abel Urueta, and the legendary auteur claims he can change their lives -even if his tale of a Nazi occultist imbuing magic into highly volatile silver nitrate stock sounds like sheer fantasy. ![]() And she's all but invisible to her best friend, Tristán, a charming if faded soap opera star, though she's been in love with him since childhood. She's a talented sound editor, but she's left out of the boys' club running the film industry in '90s Mexico City. ![]() From the New York Times bestselling author of The Daughter of Doctor Moreau and Mexican Gothic comes a fabulous meld of Mexican horror movies and Nazi occultism: a dark thriller about the curse that haunts a legendary lost film-and awakens one woman's hidden powers. ![]()
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