Morder el Silencio

By Arturo von Vacano

Gregory Rabassa sobre 'Biting Silence' Un aspecto extremadamente importante de la novela que est tambi n relacionado con la impresi n individual es el estilo, que es fluido y podr a llamarse 'po tico'... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1419626302
• ISBN13: 9781419626302
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: Booksurge Publishing
• Length: 410 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Un-Silenced

Arturo von Vacano's Biting Silence (an English language translation of "Morder el Silencio") sheds light on the experiences of a journalist silenced by a Latin American military dictatorship in the 1980s. Poignant in his description of the military regime and creative in his presentation of contemporaneous thoughts as he is imprisoned, memories of his family, and surreal interpretations of events to come, von Vacano keeps the reader engaged throughout the novel. Von Vacano personalizes the horrifying reality of being punished for telling the truth and shows that yes, it can happen to you. Released at the tale end of the "Latin boom," von Vacano was the lone representative of Bolivian authors published in English at the time. And this was a choice well made by Avon/Bard given the centrality of its theme -- struggling to tell the truth in a society silenced by those in power -- to the Latin American situation, both then, and in many cases, even now.

EXCELLENT BOOK ON INTELLECTUALS PERSECUTED IN LATIN AMERICA

this is a very good book expressing the personal experinces and difficulties of being a writer/novelist in south america. it shows how harrowing dictatorship is and is a vivid account of the psycho-emotional struggles that the intellectual endures under politically repressive regimes. excellent and vivid writing.

EXCELLENT

GREAT READ! ABOUT THE TOILS OF PERSECUTION IN LATIN AMERICA. AN INNER PORTRAIT OF THE NOVELIST UNDER DICTATORSHIP VIVID AND LUCID WRITING