Heading South, Looking North: A Bilingual JourneyAriel dorfman has been hailed as one of the "greatest living Latin American novelists" (Newsweek) and a "storyteller of almost mythic intensity" (The Financial Times). In his brilliant memoir, Heading South, Looking North, Dorfman explores the many exiles of a life torn, from age two, between the United States and Latin America, between revolution and repression. Interwoven with the remarkable story of how he switched languages and cultures--not once, but three times--is a day-by-day account of his multiple escapes from death during a military takeover in Chile. Dorfman filters these events through his dual and hybrid life, speaking, reading, thinking at times in Spanish, at times in English. Beautifully written and deeply moving, Heading South, Looking North is at once a vivid account of a life as complex and mysterious as the fictional characters Dorfman creates and an enthralling meditation about true personal conviction and courage in the late twentieth century. |
Contents
THREE A CHAPTER DEALING WITH THE DISCOVERY | |
FOUR A CHAPTER DEALING WITH THE DISCOVERY OF LIFE | |
FIVE A CHAPTER DEALING WITH THE DISCOVERY | |
SIX A CHAPTER DEALING WITH THE DISCOVERY OF LIFE | |
SEVEN A CHAPTER DEALING WITH THE DISCOVERY | |
CHILE | |
DEATH SOMETIME IN SEPTEMBER 1973 IN SANTIAGO | |
TENA CHAPTER DEALING WITH THE DISCOVERY OF LIFE | |
DEATH OUTSIDE AN EMBASSY IN SANTIAGO DE CHILE | |
OF LIFE AND LANGUAGE DURING THE YEARS 1968 TO 1970 | |
DEATH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE AN EMBASSY IN SANTIAGO | |
EPILOGUE A FINAL CHAPTER IN WHICH WE DEAL WITH LIFE | |
ALSO BY ARIEL DORFMAN | |