La vida doble : a novel /

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. Captured by agents of the Chilean repression, withstanding brutal torture to save her comrades, she must now either forsake the allegiances of mot...

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Main Author: Fontaine Talavera, Arturo (Author)
Other Authors: McDowell, Megan (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Haven, Connecticut : Yale University Press, [2013]
Series:Margellos world republic of letters book.
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Summary: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. 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.
Item Description:"Originally published in Spanish as La vida doble"--Title page verso.
Physical Description:302 pages ; 21 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-302).
ISBN:9780300176698 (clothbound : alk. paper)
0300176694 (clothbound : alk. paper)