Gloria Lisé
Författare till Departing at Dawn : a novel of Argentina's dirty war
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- Vedertaget namn
- Lisé, Gloria
- Födelsedag
- 1961-03-22
- Kön
- female
- Nationalitet
- Argentina
- Bostadsorter
- Salta Province, Argentina (birth)
Salta, Argentina - Utbildning
- National University of Tucumán, Argentina (law degree)
National University of Salta, Argentina (PhD ∙ Legal and Social Sciences) - Yrken
- Professor (National University of Salta, Argentina)
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- Verk
- 2
- Medlemmar
- 26
- Popularitet
- #495,361
- Betyg
- 3.8
- Recensioner
- 2
- ISBN
- 6
- Språk
- 1
The translators historical notes are excellent for putting things, at least somewhat, into perspective for people who have never lived in South America. Some things and feelings can never be completely conveyed in words.
I will say that although democracy in a limited form was already in Argentina by 1984, as the translator mentions, when I went there it was in its infancy, and it certainly had not arrived in Paraguay. President Strossner held onto his dictatorship in Paraguay until 1989. I remember a distinct "us" against "them" feeling from the general public in Paraguay that really united them and made them be better friends and neighbors, even as they lived in a level of fear where many things were not even spoken of. I was 16-17yr old and naive and did not really make note of disappearances but I was told later about some that happened while I was there. I did notice military on every corner, frequently they were 15-17yr olds with machine guns serving out their mandatory service time. I went to school with some, nice boys most of them. However, it was a time a person had to be very very careful about what they did and said, always having to rethink things to see if somehow they might appear as a threat, even if it was never intended that way. Being seen as a threat could easily get a person shot or worse. The people I knew did not openly complain about the government, not ever. My carefree, innocent ways frequently instilled terror in those I lived with. I was reprimanded more than once that I could have been shot for this or that. This book shows a snapshot of that time and really the feelings, especially the fears, and the control tactics used are applicable to a much broader Geographical are than Argentina.… (mer)