The Little School Tales of Disappearance and Survival |
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| Author:
| Partnoy, Alicia |
| Preface by:
| Alvarez, Julia |
| ISBN: | 978-1-57344-029-5 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 1998 |
| Publisher: | Start Publishing LLC
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| Imprint: | Cleis Press |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $18.95 |
Book Description:
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One of Argentina's 30,000 'disappeared,' Alicia Partnoy was abducted from her home by secret police and taken to a concentration camp where she was tortured, and where most of the other prisoners were killed. Her writings were smuggled out of prison and published anonymously in human rights journals.
The Little School is Alicia Partnoy's memoir of her disappearance and imprisonment in Argentina in the 1970s. Told in a series of tales that resound in memory like parables,
The...
More DescriptionOne of Argentina's 30,000 'disappeared,' Alicia Partnoy was abducted from her home by secret police and taken to a concentration camp where she was tortured, and where most of the other prisoners were killed. Her writings were smuggled out of prison and published anonymously in human rights journals. The Little School is Alicia Partnoy's memoir of her disappearance and imprisonment in Argentina in the 1970s. Told in a series of tales that resound in memory like parables, The Little School is proof of the resilience of the human spirit and the healing powers of art.