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During the wave of mass arrests, torture, and executions that followed Pinochet’s coup, people began fleeing Chile. Out of their anguish and anger come these moving and powerful testimonies of their fractured lives.

Trade Review
A compelling and moving account."—Marjorie Agosín, author of Tapestries of Hope, Threads of Love: The Arpillera Movement in Chile, 1974-1994

Table of Contents
  • Introduction
  • Translator's Introduction
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chapter One. The Diaspora in Context: Chilean Politics, 1970-1994
  • Chapter Two. Prelude to Exile: The Military Coup
  • Chapter Three. Paths to Exile
  • Chapter Four. Resistance and Exile
  • Chapter Five. The Diaspora: Exile on Four Continents
  • Chapter Six. The Diaspora: Exile in Western Europe
  • Chapter Seven. Political Life in Exile: Fighting the Dictatorship from Afar
  • Chapter Eight. Exilesʼ Return, 1978-1988: Struggle on Many Fronts
  • Chapter Nine. Return to a New Exile, 1988-1994
  • Selected Bibliography
  • List of Interviews
  • Index

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      Publisher: MP-NMX Uni of New Mexico
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 8/15/2023 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780826365484, 978-0826365484
      ISBN10: 0826365485
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      During the wave of mass arrests, torture, and executions that followed Pinochet’s coup, people began fleeing Chile. Out of their anguish and anger come these moving and powerful testimonies of their fractured lives.

      Trade Review
      A compelling and moving account."—Marjorie Agosín, author of Tapestries of Hope, Threads of Love: The Arpillera Movement in Chile, 1974-1994

      Table of Contents
      • Introduction
      • Translator's Introduction
      • Acknowledgments
      • Chapter One. The Diaspora in Context: Chilean Politics, 1970-1994
      • Chapter Two. Prelude to Exile: The Military Coup
      • Chapter Three. Paths to Exile
      • Chapter Four. Resistance and Exile
      • Chapter Five. The Diaspora: Exile on Four Continents
      • Chapter Six. The Diaspora: Exile in Western Europe
      • Chapter Seven. Political Life in Exile: Fighting the Dictatorship from Afar
      • Chapter Eight. Exilesʼ Return, 1978-1988: Struggle on Many Fronts
      • Chapter Nine. Return to a New Exile, 1988-1994
      • Selected Bibliography
      • List of Interviews
      • Index

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