In September 1973, the military took power in Chile, and Ariel Dorfman, allied to deposed president Salvador Allende, was forced to flee for his life. 'Feeding on Dreams' is the story of the transformative decades of exile that followed. Dorfman portrays, through visceral scenes and powerful intellect, the personal and political maelstroms underlying his migrations from Buenos Aires, on the run from Pinochet's death squads, to safe houses in Paris and Amsterdam, and eventually to America, his childhood home. And then, seventeen years after he was forced to leave, there is a yearned-for return to Chile, with an unimaginable outcome. Hailed by Salman Rushdie as 'one of the most important voices coming out of Latin America', the best-selling author and human rights activist Ariel Dorfman delivers a memoir excavating for the first time his profound and provocative journey as an exile.
Title: Feeding on dreams
Subtitle: confessions of an unrepentant exile
Contributors:
By (author)
Ariel Dorfman
ISBN 13: 9780522861853
ISBN 10: 0522861857
Publisher: Melbourne University Press
Imprint: Melbourne University Press
Publication Date: 23/05/2012
Place of Publication:
Carlton,
Australia
Edition:
BIC Subjects:
Biography & autobiography
NBS Classification: Unclassifiable: no BIC
Dewey Classification:
860.00
(DC23)
;
860.00
(DC22)
Format: Paperback
Height: 210mm
Width: 135mm
Thickness: 24mm
Weight: 386g