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Biting Silence

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GREAT READ! ABOUT THE TOILS OF PERSECUTION IN LATIN AMERICA. AN INNER PORTRAIT OF THE NOVELIST UNDER DICTATORSHIP VIVID AND LUCID WRITING

Arturo von Vacano's Biting Silence (an English language translation of "Morder el Silencio") sheds light on the experiences of a journalist silenced by a Latin American military dictatorship in the 1980s. Poignant in his description of the military regime and creative in his presentation of contemporaneous thoughts as he is imprisoned, memories of his family, and surreal interpretations of events to come, von Vacano keeps the reader engaged throughout the novel. Von Vacano personalizes the horrifying reality of being punished for telling the truth and shows that yes, it can happen to you. Released at the tale end of the "Latin boom," von Vacano was the lone representative of Bolivian authors published in English at the time. And this was a choice well made by Avon/Bard given the centrality of its theme -- struggling to tell the truth in a society silenced by those in power -- to the Latin American situation, both then, and in many cases, even now.

this is a very good book expressing the personal experinces and difficulties of being a writer/novelist in south america. it shows how harrowing dictatorship is and is a vivid account of the psycho-emotional struggles that the intellectual endures under politically repressive regimes. excellent and vivid writing.

GREAT READ! ABOUT THE TOILS OF PERSECUTION IN LATIN AMERICA. AN INNER PORTRAIT OF THE NOVELIST UNDER DICTATORSHIP VIVID AND LUCID WRITING

Mr Von Vacano had the experience than many had[have] in many countries,but he never mentions in his articles the lack of freedom in Cuba. His book describes his experience, but I find interesting on why he came to the States and not Cuba? I did not like his book because is more fiction than non.
President Morales of Bolivia , is now the subject of his admiration, but he would not write about the persecution that the Free Press is suffering with Morales.
If he is interested in Socialism?Comunism; why he lives in the the land of the Free? and not Cuba?
Why he keeps writting about the greatness of Morales?
Because he can do it in this country, in Cuba or Venezuela he would not be permited.