{"product_id":"feeding-on-dreams-confessions-of-an-unrepentant-exile-9780547844183","title":"Feeding on Dreams: Confessions of an Unrepentant Exile","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"A multifaceted journey that is geographical, personal and political . . . A complex, nuanced view of United States-Latin American politics and relations of the last forty some years.\" -- \u003ci\u003eDurham Herald-Sun\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"One of the most important voices coming out of South America.\" -- Salman Rushdie \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn September 1973, the military took power in Chile, and Ariel Dorfman, a young leftist allied with President Allende, was forced to flee for his life. In \u003ci\u003eFeeding on Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e, Dorfman portrays, through visceral scenes and with startling honesty, the personal and political maelstroms that have defined his life since the Pinochet coup. Dorfman's wry and masterfully told account takes us on a page-turning tour of the past several decades of North-South political history and of the complex consequences of revolution and tyranny, excavating for the first time his profound and provocative journey as an exile and the consequences for his wife and family. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Fascinating.\" -- \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Examiner\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A great book that will simultaneously undo us and sustain us.\" -- \u003ci\u003eTikkun\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDorfman, Ariel:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Chilean-American author and human rights activist Ariel Dorfman's many internationally acclaimed works of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction include his bestselling memoir, \u003ci\u003eHeading South, Looking North\u003c\/i\u003e, which was the basis for the documentary film \u003ci\u003eA Promise to the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e, directed by Peter Raymont and shortlisted for the Oscars in 2008. His play \u003ci\u003eDeath and the Maiden\u003c\/i\u003e, staged in over 100 countries, was made into a feature film by Roman Polanski. Dorfman is a frequent contributor to the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e Huffington Post\u003c\/i\u003e. He is Walter Hines Page professor of literature and Latin American studies at Duke University, and his numerous international honors include his delivery of the Mandela Lecture in Johannesburg in 2010.","brand":"Houghton Mifflin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50325243003154,"sku":"9780547844183","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9db9807a-cbd5-4bf4-8b78-9753dd422cc7.jpg?v=1727683339","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/feeding-on-dreams-confessions-of-an-unrepentant-exile-9780547844183","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}