Heading South, Looking North · A Bilingual Journey

Ariel dorfman has been hailed as one of the "greatest living Latin American novelists" *(Newsweek)* and a "storyteller of almost mythic intensity" *(The Financial Times)*.  In his brilliant memoir, *Heading South, Looking North*, Dorfman explores the many exiles of a life torn, from age two, between the United States and Latin America, between revolution and repression.  Interwoven with the remarkable story of how he switched languages and cultures--not once, but three times--is a day-by-day account of his multiple escapes from death during a military takeover in Chile.  Dorfman filters these events through his dual and hybrid life, speaking, reading, thinking at times in Spanish, at times in English.  Beautifully written and deeply moving, *Heading South, Looking North* is at once a vivid account of a life as complex and mysterious as the fictional characters Dorfman creates and an enthralling meditation about true personal conviction and courage in the late twentieth century.