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Lexicon of Terror
Marguerite Feitlowitz
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Description for Lexicon of Terror
Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages, 24 black and white photos. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JPWL; JWXK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 532.
Tanks roaring over farmlands, pregnant women tortured, 30,000 individuals "disappeared"--these were the horrors of Argentina's Dirty War. A New York Times Notable Book of the Year and Finalist for the L.L. Winship / PEN New England Award in 1998, A Lexicon of Terror is a sensitive and unflinching account of the sadism, paranoia, and deception the military junta unleashed on the Argentine people from 1976 to 1983. This updated edition features a new epilogue that chronicles major political, legal, and social developments in Argentina since the book's initial publication. It also continues the stories of the individuals involved ... Read more
Tanks roaring over farmlands, pregnant women tortured, 30,000 individuals "disappeared"--these were the horrors of Argentina's Dirty War. A New York Times Notable Book of the Year and Finalist for the L.L. Winship / PEN New England Award in 1998, A Lexicon of Terror is a sensitive and unflinching account of the sadism, paranoia, and deception the military junta unleashed on the Argentine people from 1976 to 1983. This updated edition features a new epilogue that chronicles major political, legal, and social developments in Argentina since the book's initial publication. It also continues the stories of the individuals involved ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780199744695
SKU
V9780199744695
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About Marguerite Feitlowitz
Marguerite Feitlowitz is Professor of Literature at Bennington College. Her many awards include two Fulbright Fellowships to Argentina and a Mary Ingram Bunting Fellowship in Nonfiction.
Reviews for Lexicon of Terror
A magisterial work on a great subject. This is a book everyone should read.
Susan Sontag
A major work that deserves to stand among the very best accounts of state terror and those who had the strength and luck to survive it.
Foreign Affairs
Ms. Feitlowitz does an excellent job of combining moving, personal accounts of ... Read more
Susan Sontag
A major work that deserves to stand among the very best accounts of state terror and those who had the strength and luck to survive it.
Foreign Affairs
Ms. Feitlowitz does an excellent job of combining moving, personal accounts of ... Read more