| #2304129 in Books | 1998-04 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.50 x6.00 x1.00l, | File type: PDF | 282 pages||11 of 17 people found the following review helpful.| Mixed feelings|By ZZR-RR|This is the kind of book I thought I'd enjoy. A memoir by Ariel Dorfman, the novelist, the exile, living now with his family in Durham, North Carolina, where he holds the Walter Hines Page chair at Duke University. To a certain extent I did like it, but the author comes over as a smarmy busy-bee who pokes his nose into everything and inevitably get|.com |Ariel Dorfman is no stranger to exile. Before his 30th birthday, he had fled with his parents (Jews who had escaped from Eastern Europe) from Argentina to the U.S. and then later to Chile. Then, following a military coup, he fled Chile for a stint in Euro
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 e...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Heading South, Looking North: A Bilingual Journey | Ariel Dorfman. I was recommended this book by a dear friend of mine.
