Widows
A Novel
Set in a Greek village in 1942, and purportedly written from his imagination by a Danish man before he was picked up by the Gestapo and not seen again, here is Ariel Dorfman's haunting and universal parable of individual courage in the face of political oppression. Widows forms a testament to the disappeared—those living under totalitarian regimes the world over, who are taken away for questioning and never return.One by one, the bodies of men wash up on the shore of the river, where they are claimed by the women of the local town as husbands and fathers, even though the faces of the dead men are unrecognizable. A tug-of-war ensues between th…
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Weitere Autoren: Kessler, Stephen (Übers.)
- ISBN: 978-1-60980-322-3
- EAN: 9781609803223
- Produktnummer: 15737399
- Verlag: Seven Stories Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
- Seitenangabe: 168 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 1'978 KB
Über den Autor
ARIEL DORFMAN is considered to be one of the greatest Latin American novelists (Newsweek) and one of the United States' most important cultural and political voices. Dorfman's numerous works of fiction and nonfiction have been translated into more than thirty languages, including Death and the Maiden, which has been produced in over one hundred countries and made into a film by Roman Polanski. Dorfman has won many international awards, including the Sudamericana Award, the Laurence Olivier, and two from the Kennedy Center. He is distinguished professor at Duke University and lives in Durham, North Carolina.
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