{"title":"Ariel Dorfman","description":"Ariel Dorfman is a Chilean-American author, born in Argentina, whose award-winning books in many genres have been published in more than fifty languages and his plays performed in more than one hundred countries. Among his works are the plays Death and the Maiden and Purgatorio, the novels The Suicide Museum (Other Press, 2023), Allegro (Other Press, 2025), Widows, and Konfidenz, and the memoirs Heading South,  Looking North and Feeding on Dreams. He writes regularly for the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, New York Review of Books, The Nation, The Guardian, El País, and CNN. His stories have appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Harper's, The Threepenny Review, and Index on Censorship, among others. A prominent human rights activist, he worked as press and cultural advisor to Salvador Allende's chief of staff in the final months before the 1973 military coup, and later spent many years in exile. He lives with his wife Angélica in Santiago, Chile, and Durham, North Carolina, where he is the Walter Hines Page Emeritus Professor of Literature at Duke University.","products":[{"product_id":"konfidenz-paperback","title":"Konfidenz - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe political and the personal become blurred in a series of tense, tantalizing conversations about resistance. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA pared-back yet gripping psychological novel from the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eDeath and the Maiden \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAllegro\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA woman travels to Paris to meet her lover. When she arrives at her hotel, however, she receives a call from a mysterious stranger claiming to be his friend, who somehow possesses intimate knowledge of their lives and why she fled her homeland. Over the course of nine hours, this man will draw her in, revealing details about her lover's work, which could put him in grave danger, and the growing conflict that has ensnared them all. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA brilliant, mind-bending story told almost entirely through dialogue, \u003ci\u003eKonfidenz \u003c\/i\u003eupends what we think we know, painting an insightful portrait of manipulation and divided loyalties. Taking inspiration from his own experiences of political turmoil and exile after the 1973 coup that overthrew Chilean president Salvador Allende, Ariel Dorfman infuses this novel with a remarkable urgency and authenticity.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50102202073311,"sku":"9781635424508","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/W6VLpPYNcf9781635424508.webp?v=1781079133"},{"product_id":"allegro-paperback","title":"Allegro - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis thrilling historical mystery starring Mozart tells of friendship and betrayal, and how music allows us to defy death--from the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eDeath and the Maiden \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Suicide Museum\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1789 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart visits the grave of Johann Sebastian Bach in Leipzig, looking for a sign, a signal, an answer to an enigma that has haunted him since childhood: Was Bach murdered by a famous oculist? And years later, was Handel a victim of the same doctor? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAllegro\u003c\/i\u003e follows his investigation, from the salons of London to the streets of Paris, recreating an enthralling and turbulent time, full of rogues and brilliant composers, charlatans and presumptuous nobles. Running parallel to this search is the rise of Mozart, his knowledge and fame, his trials and losses.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50103800004831,"sku":"9781635424485","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/AwuNzrEPiO9781635424485.webp?v=1781097651"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/ariel-dorfman.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}