La Vida Doble

Author : Arturo Fontaine
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300195141
Total Pages : 343 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book La Vida Doble written by Arturo Fontaine and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2013-05-28 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tale of violence, lofty ideals, and moral ambiguity, Fontaine’s best-selling novel is now available in a superb English translation Set in the darkest years of the Pinochet dictatorship, La Vida Doble is the story of Lorena, a leftist militant who arrives at a merciless turning point when every choice she confronts is impossible. Captured by agents of the Chilean repression, withstanding brutal torture to save her comrades, she must now either forsake the allegiances of motherhood or betray the political ideals to which she is deeply committed.Arturo Fontaine’s Lorena is a study in contradictions—mother and combatant, intellectual and lover, idealist and traitor—and he places her within a historical context that confounds her dilemmas. Though she has few viable options, she is no mere victim, and Fontaine disallows any comfortable high moral ground. His novel is among the most subtle explorations of human violence ever written.Ranking with Roberto Bolaño and Mario Vargas Llosa on Latin America’s roster of most accomplished authors, Fontaine is a fearless explorer of the most sordid and controversial aspects of Chile’s history and culture. He addresses a set of moral questions specific to Pinochet’s murderous reign but invites us, four decades later, to consider global conflicts today and question how far we’ve come.

Author : Arturo Fontaine
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300176694
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book La Vida Doble written by Arturo Fontaine and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2013-05-28 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When she is captured and tortured by agents of the Chilean repression during the darkest years of the Pinochet dictatorship, Lorena, a leftist militant, must either forsake the allegiances of motherhood or betray the political ideals to which she is deeply committed. 5,000 first printing.

Author : Gustavo Carvajal
Publisher : University of Wales Press
ISBN 13 : 1786838052
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Women, Memory and Dictatorship in Recent Chilean Fiction written by Gustavo Carvajal and published by University of Wales Press. This book was released on 2021-11-15 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study is the only book in English to analyse Chilean memory culture using an interdisciplinary angle (memory studies, gender studies, literature in post-dictatorship Chile) It includes comprehensive material, from award-winning authors (Diamela Eltit, Carlos Franz, Arturo Fontaine), rising stars of the Chilean literary scene (Nona Fernández) to first-time published novelists (Pía González, Fátima Sime) It is the only book in English that focuses on women, memory and dictatorship in contemporary Chile from a cultural and literary perspective. It offers a new way of comprehending Chilean memory culture, considering gender and literature as two key elements in this cultural approach to the recent past.

Author : Arturo Fontaine
Publisher : Tusquets Editores, S.A.
ISBN 13 : 9788483832431
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book La vida doble written by Arturo Fontaine and published by Tusquets Editores, S.A.. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: «Irene» o «Lorena», nunca sabremos su verdadero nombre, es una combatiente de Hacha Roja, organización revolucionaria armada que –como otras en la América Latina de ayer y de hoy– se inspira en la épica del Che Guevara. Estamos en los tiempos más duros de la dictadura de Pinochet. Irene participa en el asalto de una casa de cambio, pero la policía secreta desbarata la operación e Irene cae prisionera. Durante veintinueve días es interrogada y torturada con crueldad y método en las mazmorras de la central de Inteligencia, pero ella se comporta como se espera de una mujer adiestrada para la lucha clandestina: soporta sin comprometer ni a la organización ni a sus compañeros. Finalmente, es dejada en (supuesta) «libertad provisional». Pero Irene guarda más de un secreto: es una mujer que se enamoró y amó y tuvo una hija, Anita, que ahora tiene cinco años, información que no debería caer en manos de la policía. Cuando poco después Irene vuelve a ser detenida, su vida dará un inesperado vuelco, y el sentido de palabras como verdad y mentira, amor y rencor, lealtad y traición, empezarán a confundirse peligrosamente.

Author : Teresa Audesirk
Publisher : Pearson Educación
ISBN 13 : 9789702605386
Total Pages : 462 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Biology written by Teresa Audesirk and published by Pearson Educación. This book was released on 2001 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For one or two semester courses in Introductory Biology targeting non- and mixed majors. The goal of this text is to provide an engaging and easy to use book with an innovative and interactive media program. It achieves a unique balance in emphasizing concepts without sacrificing scientific accuracy. The new MediaTutor, found at the end of each chapter, integrates the text and media by providing a brief description of the CD or WEB activity and the time requirement for completion. In creating the book and the media package, the authors and Prentice Hall reached out to the biology community - involving educators from around the country to help address the diverse needs of todays students. How do you engage your students and help make biology relevant to them? *NEW - Chapter-opening Case Studies and chapter-ending Case Studies Revisited - Includes Did Dinosaurs Die from Lack of Sunlight? from the chapter on Photosynthesis and Teaching an Old Grain New Tricks from the chapter on Biotechnology. Provides an innovative framework for students to learn and make connections between biological concepts and processes. *Earth Watch/Health Watch essays - Covers biodiversity, ozone depletion/pre

Author : Will H. Corral
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1441142452
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Contemporary Spanish-American Novel written by Will H. Corral and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2013-09-26 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Contemporary Spanish-American Novel provides an accessible introduction to an important World literature. While many of the authors covered-Aira, Bolaño, Castellanos Moya, Vásquez-are gaining an increasing readership in English and are frequently taught, there is sparse criticism in English beyond book reviews. This book provides the guidance necessary for a more sophisticated and contextualized understanding of these authors and their works. Underestimated or unfamiliar Spanish American novels and novelists are introduced through conceptually rigorous essays. Sections on each writer include: *the author's reception in their native country, Spanish America, and Spain *biographical history *a critical examination of their work, including key themes and conceptual concerns *translation history *scholarly reception The Contemporary Spanish-American Novel offers an authoritative guide to a rich and varied novelistic tradition. It covers all demographic areas, including United States Latino authors, in exploring the diversity of this literature and its major themes, such as exile, migration, and gender representation.

Author : Liliana Chávez Díaz
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1501366025
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Latin American Documentary Narratives written by Liliana Chávez Díaz and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2021-11-04 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Victor Villaseñor Best Latino Focused Nonfiction Book Award – English, from the 2022 International Latino Book Awards What defines the boundary between fact and fabrication, fiction and nonfiction, literature and journalism? Latin American Documentary Narratives unpacks the precarious testimonial relationship between author and subject, where the literary journalist, rather than the subject being interviewed, can become the hero of a narrative in its recording and retelling. Latin American Documentary Narratives covers a variety of nonfiction genres from the 1950s to the 2000s that address topics such as social protests, dictatorships, natural disasters, crime and migration in Latin America. This book analyzes – and includes an appendix of interviews with – authors who have not previously been critically read together, from the early and emblematic works of Gabriel García Márquez and Elena Poniatowska to more recent authors, like Leila Guerriero and Juan Villoro, who are currently reshaping media and audiences in Latin America. In a world overwhelmed by data production and marked by violent acts against those considered 'others', Liliana Chávez Díaz argues that storytelling plays an essential role in communication among individuals, classes and cultures.

Author : Torkom Saraydarian
Publisher : Editorial Kier
ISBN 13 : 9789501703382
Total Pages : 612 pages
Book Rating : 4.8X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Challenge for Discipleship written by Torkom Saraydarian and published by Editorial Kier. This book was released on 1986 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Teresa Hiergeist
Publisher : transcript Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3839469554
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ladies in Arms written by Teresa Hiergeist and published by transcript Verlag. This book was released on 2024-03-31 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In contemporary popular culture, armed women take center stage - but how can they be read from a feminist perspective? How do films, comics, and TV series depict the newly fashionable gunwomen between objectification and feminist empowerment? The contributions to this volume ask this question from different vantage points in cultural and literary studies, film and visual culture studies, history, and art history. They examine military and civic gun cultures, the rediscovery of historical armed women and revolutionaries, cultural phenomena such as gangsta rap, narcocultura and US politics, Bollywood and French cinema, and distinct genres such as the graphic novel, the romance novel, or the German police procedural Tatort.

Author : Helene Carol Weldt-Basson
Publisher : University of New Mexico Press
ISBN 13 : 0826366201
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Chilean Dictatorship Novel written by Helene Carol Weldt-Basson and published by University of New Mexico Press. This book was released on 2024-06-01 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though the civil-rights abuses by the Pinochet dictatorship in Chile (1973-1990) were later recognized by reparations and truth commissions, the difficult emotions suffered by the victims and their families were often pushed into the background or out of the national conversation entirely. In response, novelists began writing memory of feelings experienced during the dictatorship into their books. In The Chilean Dictatorship Novel, Weldt-Basson examines fifteen novels and one testimony written on the topic of dictatorship to illustrate how these Chilean narratives center on affect and emotions. Each chapter focuses on a different emotion: feelings of loss because of father abandonment and spatial injustice caused by the neoliberal urbanization of Santiago; despair articulated through tragic romances and affective landscapes; left-wing nostalgia and melancholia communicated through allegory; feelings of abjection caused by torture and betrayal; and the creation of affect through violent events, aggressive child play, and sexual torture. Through a close look at the work of José Donoso, Ariel Dorfman, Diamela Eltit, Carlos Franz, and Nona Fernández, among others, Weldt-Basson effectively argues that by inspiring emotion and creating empathy within readers, the authors of these books instill a drive in the readers for ongoing social-justice advocacy, thereby transforming the process of reading into a platform for future action. Weldt-Basson's landmark study will serve as a basis for the future study of Latin American literature for decades to come.