Widows: A Novel
4/5
()
Currently unavailable
Currently unavailable
About this ebook
One by one, the bodies of men wash up on the shore of the river, where they are claimed by the women of the local town as husbands and fathers, even though the faces of the dead men are unrecognizable. A tug-of-war ensues between the local police, who insist that the women couldn’t possibly recognize their loved ones, and the women demanding the right to bury their beloveds. As it evolves, the stand-off reveals itself to be a power struggle between love, dignity and honor, and the lesser god of brute force. A lesson in how power really works, and how it can be made to work differently.
Ariel Dorfman
Born in 1942 in Argentina, ARIEL DORFMAN as a young academic and writer served as a cultural adviser to President Salvador Allende from 1970 to 1973. During this time he became know more broadly as co-author of How to Read Donald Duck (1971) from which he includes snippets in the Tarzan chapter of Hard Rain, his first novel (1973). Hard Rain won a literary prize in Argentina that allowed him and his family to leave Chile after the Pinochet coup. In exile, Dorfman has become famous as a prolific writer and fierce critic of Pinochet and other despots. He defines himself as an Argentine-Chilean-American novelist (Hard Rain, The Last Song of Manuel Sendero, Mascara) , playwright (Death and the Maiden, Widows, Reader), essayist (The Empire's Old Clothes, Someone Writes to the Future, Heading South, Looking North), academic, and human rights activist.
Read more from Ariel Dorfman
Feeding on Dreams: Confessions of an Unrepentant Exile Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Heading South, Looking North: A Bilingual Journey Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5How to Read Donald Duck: Imperialist Ideology in the Disney Comic Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Desert Memories: Desert Memories Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I Couldn't Even Imagine That They Would Kill Us: An Oral History of the Attacks Against the Students of Ayotzinapa Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHomeland Security Ate My Speech: Messages from the End of the World Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Compensation Bureau Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFeeding On Dreams: Confessions Of An Unrepentant Exile Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Cautivos Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Hard Rain Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related to Widows
Related ebooks
In the Sixties Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Set of Six Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThat What Lies Below Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOphelia In My Arms Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOther People's Letters: In Search of Proust Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDeadline Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Where Gold Lies Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Tin Drum Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Kingdom of Tender Colors: A Memoir of Comedy, Survival, and Love Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGeek Romance: Stories of Love Amidst the Oddballs Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPierre and His People: Tales of the Far North. Volume 1. Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Million Windows Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Book of Lost Names Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5What They Didn't Burn: Uncovering My Father's Holocaust Secrets Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Big Bow Mystery: With a Chapter From English Humorists of To-day by J. A. Hammerton Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mars Trilogy: A Princess of Mars; The Gods of Mars; The Warlord Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Unfinished Business: Notes of a Chronic Re-reader Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Being Gardner Dozois Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Mark Hellinger Story: A Biography of Broadway and Hollywood Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDissent: Love Vanquishes All, #2 Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Book of Illusions: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Black Adonis Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Story of a Marriage: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sanctified and Chicken-Fried: The Portable Lansdale Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Lady with the Gun Asks the Questions: The Ultimate Miss Phryne Fisher Story Collection Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFinal Edition - Informal Autobiography Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSecrets, Lies, Spies and Those Who Were Left Behind Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Historical Fiction For You
The Grapes of Wrath Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This Tender Land: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sold on a Monday: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Rebecca Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Demon Copperhead: A Pulitzer Prize Winner Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The House of Eve Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5We Have Always Lived in the Castle Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Other Einstein: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Euphoria Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Light Between Oceans: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5East of Eden (Original Classic Edition) Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5That Bonesetter Woman: the new feelgood novel from the author of The Smallest Man Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Yellow Wife: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Lady Tan's Circle of Women: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Cloud Cuckoo Land: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Red Tent - 20th Anniversary Edition: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Tinkers: 10th Anniversary Edition Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Pale Blue Eye: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Rules of Magic: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Second Life of Mirielle West: A Haunting Historical Novel Perfect for Book Clubs Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Magic Lessons: The Prequel to Practical Magic Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Book Woman's Daughter: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Kitchen House: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Island of Sea Women: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Girls in the Stilt House: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Hang the Moon: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Clockmaker's Daughter: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Quiet American Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for Widows
11 ratings0 reviews