Ariel Dorfman

eBook, ePUB

Feeding On Dreams (eBook, ePUB)

Confessions of an Unrepentant Exile

Beschreibung

"A multifaceted journey that is geographical, personal and political . . . A complex, nuanced view of United States-Latin American politics and relations of the last forty some years." - Durham Herald-Sun "One of the most important voices coming out of South America." - Salman Rushdie In September 1973, the military took power in Chile, and Ariel Dorfman, a young leftist allied with President Allende, was forced to flee for his life. In Feeding on Dreams, Dorfman portrays, through visceral scenes and with startling honesty, the personal and political maelstroms that have defined his life since the Pinochet coup. Dorfman's wry and masterfully told account takes us on a page-turning tour of the past several decades of North-South political history and of the complex consequences of revolution and tyranny, excavating for the first time his profound and provocative journey as an exile and the consequences for his wife and family. "Fascinating." - San Francisco Examiner "A great book that will simultaneously undo us and sustain us." - Tikkun

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Autor

Chilean-American author and human rights activist Ariel Dorfman's many internationally acclaimed works of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction include his bestselling memoir, Heading South, Looking North, which was the basis for the documentary film A Promise to the Dead, directed by Peter Raymont and shortlisted for an Academy Award in 2008. His play Death and the Maiden, staged in more than one hundred countries, was made into a feature film by Roman Polanski. Dorfman is a frequent contributor to the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, the New York Times Book Review, and the Huffington Post. He is a Walter Hines Page Research professor of literature and Latin American studies at Duke University, and his numerous international honors include his delivery of the Mandela Lecture in Johannesburg in 2010.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. September 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780547549477
• Artikelnr.: 40176571