Heading South, Looking North: A Bilingual Journey (Dual Eng/Sph) by Ariel Dorfman
	List Price:   $15.00 Unit Price:   $12.00 You Save:   $3.00 (20%) ISBN-10:   014028253X ISBN-13:   9780140282535 Publisher:   Penguin Group (USA) Inc Category:   Spanish Books, Dual Language Pub. Date:   May 1999 Pages:   288 Format:   Paperback
Awards
1999  Land of Enchantment Book Award  Nominee/Honoree  2006  Jane Addams Children's Book Award  Winner!
Subjects
CHILE_BIOGRAPHY CHILE_POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT EXILES REFUGEES, JEWISH AUTHORS_BIOGRAPHY JEWS_SOUTH AMERICA
Description/Notes
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.