Description
One of Argentina's 30,000 "disappeared," Alicia Partnoy was abducted from her home by secret police and taken to a concentration camp where she was tortured, and where most of the other prisoners were killed. Her writings were smuggled out of prison and published anonymously in human rights journals. The Little School is Alicia Partnoy's memoir of her disappearance and imprisonment in Argentina in the 1970s. Told in a series of tales that resound in memory like parables, The Little School is proof of the resilience of the human spirit and the healing powers of art.
This second edition features a revised introduction by the author and a preface by Julia Alvarez.
Genres
Pages144
Released1998
LanguageEnglish
PublisherCleis Press
ISBN9781573444880
SellerSimon & Schuster
About the author(s)
Alicia Partnoy is a poet, scholar, and human rights activist. Her book, The Little School: Tales of Disappearance and Survival, was evidence in the trials against the genocide perpetrators in Argentina. She is the author, editor, or translator of twelve books. Her work has been published in Spanish, English, Hebrew, Turkish, Bengali, and French. She was on the board of directors of Amnesty International USA and PEN West. Professor Emerita at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, Partnoy presides over Proyecto VOS-Voices of Survivors.
