Flight from Chile: Voices of Exile
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| Rating | : | 4.48 (572 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0826319572 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 259 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-03-06 |
| Language | : | Spanish |
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OOLF@aol.com said Captivating account of exile by the exiled themselves.. The book, "Flight from Chile: Voices of Exile" is a compelling account of life in exile told by the exiled themselves. The authors interviewed Captivating account of exile by the exiled themselves. The book, "Flight from Chile: Voices of Exile" is a compelling account of life in exile told by the exiled themselves. The authors interviewed 33 Chileans who fled, or were forced, into exile following the military coup of 1973. The exiles came from many walks of Chilean life, including politically involved moderates and leftists, individuals active in social programs that were deemed "threatening" by the military regime, and e. Captivating account of exile by the exiled themselves. The book, "Flight from Chile: Voices of Exile" is a compelling account of life in exile told by the exiled themselves. The authors interviewed 33 Chileans who fled, or were forced, into exile following the military coup of 1973. The exiles came from many walks of Chilean life, including politically involved moderates and leftists, individuals active in social programs that were deemed "threatening" by the military regime, and e. Chileans who fled, or were forced, into exile following the military coup of 197Captivating account of exile by the exiled themselves. The book, "Flight from Chile: Voices of Exile" is a compelling account of life in exile told by the exiled themselves. The authors interviewed 33 Chileans who fled, or were forced, into exile following the military coup of 1973. The exiles came from many walks of Chilean life, including politically involved moderates and leftists, individuals active in social programs that were deemed "threatening" by the military regime, and e. . The exiles came from many walks of Chilean life, including politically involved moderates and leftists, individuals active in social programs that were deemed "threatening" by the military regime, and e. "Para que nunca mas" I am fortunate enough to know some of the people who gave testimony here. This important book makes us face the experiences and effects of exile. Anyone who wants to understand Chile and its people should read this book. At the memorial to the disappeared and politically executed in Santiago's General Cementary, there is a stone with the message "Para que nunca mas," which orders us to never let such suffering happen again. As . one rotten apple I see that there is a used copy for 50 cents. That person probably feels the way I do about this book. I know one of the people that testifies and what is reported is very dramatic, very romantic and almost pure fantasy. And if there's one very rotten apple in the barrelwe need to assume, unfortunately, that they're all rotten. I expect fact checking if this was intended as a document, a primary source or as non-fiction. Dramat
This volume by Wright, a respected American historian of Latin America, and O?ate, a Chilean journalist and exile, is a study of this movement using numerous transcriptions of oral histories of exiles throughout the world. The transcripts provide vivid descriptions of the experience of leaving one's country under duress, the challenges of living in a foreign country, and the struggles of repatriation. Probably the largest group of political exiles came from Chile after president Salvador Allende was depos
But their zeal and solidarity with other refugees often failed to sustain families, and the majority of marriages collapsed and children often lost interest in their native land and culture. After civilian rule emerged in 1989, many returning exiles felt estranged from a homeland forever changed. "A compelling and moving account."�Marjorie Agos�n, author of Tapestries of Hope, Threads of Love: The Arpillera Movement in Chile, 1974-1994. Mass arrests, torture, and executions followed General Pinochet's coup on September 11, 1973. Almost immediately people began fleeing Chile, and over the next fifteen years some 200,000 Chileans sought exile in nearly 140 countries. Out of their angui
. Thomas Wright is a professor of modern Latin American history at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas. Irene Hodgson is a professor of Spanish at Xavier University. Rody Oate is a Chilean journalist who spent over fifteen years in exile in Canada