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|author= Karina Sainz Borgo and Elizabeth Bryer (translator)Edward W Said|title= It Would Be Night in CaracasRepresentations of the Intellectual |rating= 4.5|genre= Literary Fiction Politics and Society|summary= Edward Said's ''It Would Be Night in CaracasRepresentations of the Intellectual'' by Karina Sainz Borgo is less a strict theory of what intellectuals are and Elizabeth Bryer illuminates more a passionate argument for what they should be. Said clearly rejects the everyday horrors comfortable image of modern day Venezuela. It begins with the death of Adelaida Falcon's mother and chronicles Adelaida's coming intellectual as a detached expert speaking only to terms with her new solitude in this world and her attempts to escape itother specialists. Danger stalks Instead, he insists on the shadows andintellectual as a public figure, often awkward, in a societyabrasive, where the establishment is crumblingand unpopular, who can you turn speaks truth to? power even when it is inconvenient or risky.|isbn=0062936867Wendy_Cheyne