Antonio Skármeta
Author
Language
English
Description
On 11 September 1973 General Augusto Pinochet led a military coup against the elected government of Salvador Allende, bombing La Moneda, the presidential seat in Chile's capital Santiago where the President died resisting the attack.
The National Football Stadium became a torture centre, where supporters of Allende's Popular Unity government were rounded up, tortured, and-like the popular singer Victor Jara-brutally killed. Chile's Nobel-prize winning...
Author
Language
English
Description
Before publishing his much acclaimed novels I Dreamt the Snow was Burning and Burning Patience, Antonio Skármeta was best known in Latin America for his masterful short stories, which won the prestigious Casa de las Américas Prize.
This Readers International collection first marked the return of Antonio Skármeta from exile and now marks the memory of 50 years since the coup that brought General Pinochet to power, toppling the elected government...
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Pub. Date
2013.
Language
Español
Description
An ad executive comes up with a campaign to defeat Augusto Pinochet in Chile's 1988 referendum.
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