Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number (The Americas)
This translated version of Jacobo Timerman's story Preso Sin Nombre, Celda Sin Numero, is a breathtaking but heartbreaking retelling of a man's time as a political prisoner in Cuba during the Dirty War.
Work Information
This translated version of Jacobo Timerman's story Preso Sin Nombre, Celda Sin Numero, is a breathtaking but heartbreaki…
This translated version of Jacobo Timerman's story Preso Sin Nombre, Celda Sin Numero, is a breathtaking but heartbreaking retelling of a man's time as a political prisoner in Cuba during the Dirty War.
Book Information
- Publisher
- Univ of Wisconsin Pr
- Published
- 2002-09-01
- Pages
- 176 pages
- Language
- 英語
- Size
- 22 x 13.92 x 1.07 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9780299182441
- ISBN-10
- 0299182444
- Price
- 3401 JPY
- Category
- 洋書/History/Americas/South America/Argentina
"At two in the morning of April 15, 1977, twenty armed men in civilian clothes arrested Jacobo Timerman, editor and publisher of a leading Buenos Aires newspaper. Thus began thirty months of imprisonment, torture, and anti-Semitic abuse. . . . Unlike 15,000 other Argentines, 'the disappeared, ' Timerman was eventually released into exile. His testimony [is] gripping in its human stories, not only of brutality but of courage and love; important because it reminds us how, in our world, the most terrible fantasies may become fact."- New York Times , Books of the Century "It ranks with Hannah Arendt's Eichmann in Jerusalem in its examination of the totalitarian mind, the role of anti-Semitism, the silence."-Eliot Fremont-Smith, Village Voice "It is impossible to read this proud and piercing account of [Timerman's] suffering and his battles without wanting to be counted as one of Timerman's friends."-Michael Walzer, New York Review of Books "Timerman was a living reminder that real prophets are irritants and not messengers of reassurance. He told it like it is, whether in Argentina, Israel, Europe, or the United States."-Arthur Miller
Jacobo Timerman (1923&;1999) was born in the Ukraine, moved with his family to Argentina in 1928, and was deported to Israel in 1980. He returned to Argentina in 1984. Founder of two Argentine weekly newsmagazines in the 1960s and a commentator on radio and television, he was best-known as the publisher and editor of the newspaper La Opinión from 1971 until his arrest in 1977. An outspoken champion of human rights and freedom of the press, he criticized all repressive governments and organizations, regardless of their political ideologies. His other books include The Longest War: Israel in Lebanon ; Cuba: A Journey ; and Chile: A Death in the South . &;Luminous.&;&;Christopher Hitchens, The Atlantic
Reviews
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This arrived today. Description says very good - that’s an exaggeration. Spine is weak and there are pen marks and comments in margins.
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I needed this book for my college course ASAP. I ordered right away received the book only three days later. Even though it was labelled as "used", it was in perfect condition; looks and feels brand new with no notes. If anyone needs a book rushed for class, I would 12/10 recommend Textbook Rush.
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I read this in college and returned to it ten years later. I found his descriptions of the totalitarianism essential for anyone interested in history and politics. I would suggest that anyone taking on the task of reading this book look into the history of Peronism. It would help to get a full perspective on it before delving into the book.
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Well written document about repression in Latin America during the 1970's, written from the reporter Jacobo Timerman's point of view. Sheds light on various themes, such as torture, anti-semetism, and the irrational detainment and destruction of people who were guilty of not having the same views as the ruling Junta government. Great text for modern Latin American history.
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Timerman, whose career is referenced in Lawrence Thornton's IMAGINING ARGENTINA, lived the life -- and, under such a regime as that of the Argentine generals -- and suffered the punishment of an honest journalist.