My House Is on Fire
In stories of lyrical, brutal beauty, a world is created that resonates with fear, betrayal, and authoritarianism, yet is lit by a resilient faith and hope. In the title story, a brother and sister build the castle of chairs and blankets all children have assembled, but their need to believe in its protection is all too real. In Consultation, an imprisoned doctor - tortured, bound, and naked - is consulted by the lieutenant in charge of his interrogation about going on a diet. And in Reader, a government censor, recognizing himself as the protagonist, allows the publication of a subversive story and waits his inevitable arrest. Told at tim…
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- ISBN: 978-0-14-014728-5
- EAN: 9780140147285
- Produktnummer: 9108465
- Verlag: Random House N.Y.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1991
- Seitenangabe: 176 S.
Über den Autor
Ariel Dorfman, poet, novelist, essayist, and playwright, is a Chilean expatriate who lives with his family in Durham, North Carolina, where he now holds the Walter Hines Page chair at Duke University.
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