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In Case of Fire in a Foreign Land: New and Collected Poems from Two Languages
Ariel Dorfman
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Description for In Case of Fire in a Foreign Land: New and Collected Poems from Two Languages
Paperback. The living risk losing everything, but what they hold on to - love, faith, hope, truth - might change the world. It is this subversive possibility that speaks through these poems. This title gives an account of ruptured safety. Translator(s): Grossman, Edith. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 299.
In the world of Chilean poet Ariel Dorfman, men and women can be forced to choose between leaving their country or dying for it. The living risk losing everything, but what they hold onto—love, faith, hope, truth—might change the world. It is this subversive possibility that speaks through these poems. A succession of voices—exiles, activists, separated lovers, the families of those victimized by political violence—gives an account of ruptured safety. They bear witness to the resilience of the human spirit in the face of personal and social damage in the aftermath of terror. The first bilingual edition of Dorfman’s work, ... Read more
In the world of Chilean poet Ariel Dorfman, men and women can be forced to choose between leaving their country or dying for it. The living risk losing everything, but what they hold onto—love, faith, hope, truth—might change the world. It is this subversive possibility that speaks through these poems. A succession of voices—exiles, activists, separated lovers, the families of those victimized by political violence—gives an account of ruptured safety. They bear witness to the resilience of the human spirit in the face of personal and social damage in the aftermath of terror. The first bilingual edition of Dorfman’s work, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822329879
SKU
V9780822329879
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About Ariel Dorfman
Ariel Dorfman is a world-renowned author of fiction, poems, essays, and films in both Spanish and English. His books have been translated into more than thirty languages, and his plays staged in more than one hundred countries. His work has received many prizes, among them the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Play. He holds the Walter Hines Page Chair at Duke ... Read more
Reviews for In Case of Fire in a Foreign Land: New and Collected Poems from Two Languages
“[These poems] manage to speak with great directness of the . . . suffering and dread in his own country—and, by implication, in much of the world today—and yet to be maps of the imagination, the compassionate imagination. . . .Writing like this is a rare source of hope."—W. S. Merwin "Ariel Dorfman’s testaments of pain and outrage are indeed ... Read more