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Title: Imagining Argentina by Lawrence Thornton ISBN: 0-553-34579-6 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 September, 1988 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.38 (16 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Imagining Argentina- I strongly recommend it
Comment: I read this book, Imagining Argentina, for a class on conscience and political struggle. Of the books we read (Waiting for the Barbarians by J.M. Coetzee, In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez, and others), this book quickly emerged among my classmates as a favorite. This is in part due to the fact that it is an easy read. The language flows smoothly, unburdened with cumbersome wording. Also, the crafting of the story is quite artful. Imagining Argentina takes its material from historical events. Argentina's so-called "dirty war" was an internal conflict, waged by the military government on the people. Anyone who publicly decried the generals or their policies risked being disappeared. The main character of Thornton's novel, Carlos Rueda, is a playwright who discovers a gift for seeing both past and future events through the eyes of the disappeared after his own wife is taken away. People start coming to him to hear the stories of their disappeared loved ones. Though many of the characters are fictional, the stories Rueda tells are taken from actual experiences of victims of the dirty war. Thus, Thornton blends mysticism with factual information to create a novel that is both a compelling read and a moving account of Argentina's dark, not-so-distant past.
Rating: 5
Summary: "Imagining Argentina": A Book of Passion, Heart and Spirit
Comment: A brilliant and inspiring novel, Lawrence Thornton's "Imagining Argentina" effectively portrays the turmoil and struggle in Argentina in the 1970's as people were taken from their loved ones by corrupt government officials and became members of "the disappeared". Using exceptional and eloquent writing techniques, Thornton is able to portray a story of love, imagination, despair and most provocatively, faith. Perhaps the most impressive thing about this novel, is its ability to establish a relationship between the reader and the protagonist, Carlos Rueda. So deeply intriguing and stimulating is this central character, that the reader cannot help but communicate with him, by sympathizing the losses of his wife and daughter, understanding his desperation and desperation and inhaling his words of wisdom and bold faith in humanity. The story emphasizes on the theme of faith and the power of the human spirit. Carlos' unbreakable belief in his wife's survival is never tarnished nor questioned, as he able to unite a lost community and bring hope that their loved ones will return someday. The only negative aspects of this novel is that sometimes the book is so plotted out that it feels like you are watching a movie rather than reading a book. The novel also starts off slow but picks up very quickly towards the middle. I highly recommend this novel, "Imagining Argentina" and hope that it moves you just as much as it has moved me.
Rating: 5
Summary: Impressive Novel
Comment: I was assigned Thornton's Imagining Argentina for my International Politics class last semester and dreaded the day that I would have to read the book.
Much to my surprise, Imagining Argentina is a gripping novel about the tortures experienced in Argentina and throughout South America.
Thornton's grasp of Magical Realism is astonishing, especially given his native tongue and land. Thornton shows an obvious study of Spanish and South American literature and manages to evoke the nature of Magical Realism in a book written in English for an American audience.
Read Imagining Argentina. It is a fascinating novel that is impressive in both literary prowess and contemporary political importance.
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Title: Bad Times In Buenos Aires by Miranda France ISBN: 0880016655 Publisher: Ecco Pub. Date: 01 January, 1999 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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Title: The Argentina Reader: History, Culture, Politics (Latin America Readers (Paperback)) by Gabriela Nouzeilles, Graciela R. Montaldo ISBN: 082232914X Publisher: Duke University Press Pub. Date: 01 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: A Leak in the Heart: Tales from a Woman's Life by Faye Moskowitz ISBN: 0879236590 Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher Pub. Date: 01 July, 1987 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Naming the Spirits by Lawrence Thornton ISBN: 0553378406 Publisher: Bantam Dell Pub Group Pub. Date: 01 September, 1996 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Argentina (Culture Shock!) by Fiona Adams ISBN: 1558686479 Publisher: Graphic Arts Center Publishing Company Pub. Date: May, 2002 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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