Ariel Dorfman is considered to be one of "the greatest Latin American novelists" (Newsweek) and one of the United States' most important cultural and political voices. A Chilean-American author born in Argentina, his numerous award-winning works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry have been published in more than fifty languages. His playDeath and the Maiden, which has been performed in over one hundred countries, was made into a film by Roman Polanski. Among his works are the novelsWidows,The Nanny and the Iceberg, Mascara,andKonfidenz, and the memoirsHeading South, Looking NorthandFeeding on Dreams. He recently published a collection of essays,Homeland Security Ate My Speech- Messages from the End of the World. He contributes to major papers worldwide, including frequent commentary inthe New York Times,theNew York Review of Books, El Pais, the Guardian, Le Monde, and La Repubblica. His stories have appeared in the New Yorker, the Atlantic, Harper's, Playboy, Index on Censorship,Guernica, and many other magazines and journals. A prominent human rights activist, he lives with his wife, Angelica, in Chile and Durham, North Carolina, where he is the Walter Hines Page Research Professor Emeritus of Literature at Duke University.
"The novel is much more than a Kafkaesque meditation. It’s a
thriller, mystery, ghost story and sea adventure ... Like
early Hemingway, Dorfman’s language is absolutely clear and
restrained; like Kafka and Auster, the images are potent yet eerily
disembodied." —Andrew Madigan, The Guardian
"It is no surprise that a writer with Dorfman’s skill and
brilliance would use an act of imagination as a means of inquiry
into the very soul of Euro-American culture ... Darwin’s
Ghosts is dizzying in the best ways. It is a presence. Open
the book and the ghosts manifest. ... A marvel of a novel"
-Deena Metzger, TIKKUN
“Dorfman’s work is not just about violence, it’s about compassion
and redemption, too.” —Los Angeles Review of Books
"Ariel Dorfman's place [is] alongside Mario Vargas Llosa and
Gabriel García Marquez, as one of the finest voices in contemporary
Latin American storytelling." —Dominic Bradbury, Times of
London
"Over the years, Ariel Dorfman has written movingly and often
brilliantly of the cultural dislocations and political fractures of
his dual heritage. Dorfman has, in an impressive body of work, done
justice to the two languages that have battled for his voice and
the two countries that claim his allegiance." —Shashi Tharoor, New
York Times Book Review
"Ariel Dorfman shows his strength as a writer, his courage as a
fighter against dictatorship and, above all, as a conscience which,
when wounded, turns words into necesssary testimony and burning
poetry." —Elie Wiesel
"Dorfman's clever, thought-provoking premise serves as the medium
for a probing examination of power—as well as a daring attempt to
distill the nature of good and evil." —Kirkus Reviews on Darwin's
Ghosts
"In Darwin's Ghosts, Ariel Dorfman (Death and the Maiden)
expertly intertwines fact and fiction. This haunted and haunting
tale explores the concept of genetic inheritance, love and
forgiveness. Can the misdeeds and sins of previous generations be
handed down through the years ... Dorfman raises questions
about who is responsible for the invasion of foreign lands and the
mistreatment of native people that happened hundreds of years
ago--the people of that time or the generations that followed? His
story is an artful look at love, clemency and
exoneration." --Shelf-Awareness
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