Clandestine in Chile
The Adventures of Miguel Littin
$29.13
- Paperback
160 pages
- Release Date
6 July 2010
Summary
In 1973, the portly, dark-haired, bearded film director Miguel Littin fled Chile after a U.S.-supported military coup toppled the democratically elected Socialist government of Salvador Allende, replacing it with the rule of General Augusto Pinochet. Pinochet’s cruel reign was to last some seventeen years, during which Chile was turned into a laboratory for the economic ideas of Milton Friedman, leading to a society where the rich became richer and the poor much poorer, and the government was…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781590173404 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1590173406 |
| Author: | Gabriel García Márquez, Francisco Goldman |
| Publisher: | New York Review Books |
| Imprint: | NYRB Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Edition: | Main |
| Release Date: | 6 July 2010 |
| Weight: | 180g |
| Dimensions: | 126mm x 203mm |
| Series: | New York Review Books Classics |
Critics Review
Recommended reading. Bookseller This short memoir of the operation is fascinating, as much for the nostalgic love of Chile which Litten experienced after 12 years’ absence as for the machinations of his secret filming. Bookseller The journalism which began Marquez’s Nobel Prize-winning career is employed here not only to tell Littin’s remarkable story, but offer a tragic summary of Chilean politics. Independent The result is somewhere between a comedy spy thriller and an evocative slice of political reportage. Guardian This superb book sheds light on Chile under Pinochet, but it also is a must for anyone interested in challenging rapacious and unaccountable power. Tribune
Gabriel García Márquez
Francisco Goldman is the author of two novels, The Long Night of White Chickens and The Ordinary Seaman. He divides his time between Mexico City and New York City.
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