Heading South, Looking North
A Bilingual Journey
In this remarkable memoir, Dorfman describes an extraordinary life, torn between the United States, South America, and his Jewish heritage, between English and Spanish, between revolution and repression. Interwoven with the story of how Dorfman switched languages and countries -- not once, but three times -- is a day-to-day account of his multiple escapes from death during Pinochet's military takeover of Chile in 1973. Combining eight vignettes of his life before 1973 with eight scenes from the coup, Dorfman filters these events through an engaging, hybrid consciousness.A beautifully written and deeply moving autobiography by one of the great…
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- ISBN: 978-0-14-028253-5
- EAN: 9780140282535
- Produktnummer: 19336638
- Verlag: Random House N.Y.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1999
- Seitenangabe: 288 S.
- Masse: H19.8 cm x B13.2 cm x D1.6 cm 243 g
- Gewicht: 243
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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