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Heading South, Looking North: A Bilingual Journey
by Dorfman, Ariel
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0374168628
- ISBN 13
- 9780374168629
- Seller
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New Port Richey, Florida, United States
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About This Item
Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A.: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1998. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Fine. (1st) Larger book, dark blue cloth spine, smooth blue boards, shiny red lettering on spine, four-line stamp for Unitarian Universalist library at top first front end paper, 282 pages. DJ glossy beneath mylar with red-tinted photo of applauding crowd in Chile, blue-tinted photo of younger Dorfman who served as aide to President Allende, on back praise from Nadine Gordimer, Thomas Keneally and others. Very Fine DJ/Near Fine book.
Synopsis
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 auto-biography by one of the "greatest living Latin American writers" ( Newsweek ), Heading South, Looking North is at once a vivid account of a life as complex and mysterious as the fictional characters Dorfman has created, and an enthralling search for a permanent home, a political cause, and a cultural identity.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Callaghan Books South
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 40814
- Title
- Heading South, Looking North: A Bilingual Journey
- Author
- Dorfman, Ariel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0374168628
- ISBN 13
- 9780374168629
- Publisher
- Farrar Straus & Giroux
- Place of Publication
- Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1998
- Keywords
- CHILE SOUTH AMERICA REFUGEES JEWISH
- Bookseller catalogs
- Radical and Revolutionary;
Terms of Sale
Callaghan Books South
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About the Seller
Callaghan Books South
Biblio member since 2004
New Port Richey, Florida
About Callaghan Books South
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