Ariel Dorfman
1) Hard Rain
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English
Description
"You don't know us," the writer said. "We're different here in Chile."
Ariel Dorfman's early novel Hard Rain was written in the last chaotic months before the Pinochet bloodbath ended Allende's elected government. The publication of this book to acclaim outside Chile enabled the author to escape into exile.
Here is all the drama and tension of those last months and days, vividly delivered through the eyes and experience of one of Latin America's greatest...
Author
Language
English
Description
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...