A Miracle, a Universe: Settling Accounts with Torturers

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A Miracle, a Universe: Settling Accounts with Torturers - Paperback

A Miracle, a Universe: Settling Accounts with Torturers - Paperback

by Lawrence Weschler
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by Lawrence Weschler (Author)

During the past fifteen years, one of the most vexing issues facing fledgling transitional democracies around the world--from South Africa to Eastern Europe, from Cambodia to Bosnia--has been what to do about the still-toxic security apparatuses left over from the previous regime. In this now-classic and profoundly influential study, the New Yorker's Lawrence Weschler probes these dilemmas across two gripping narratives (set in Brazil and Uruguay, among the first places to face such concerns), true-life thrillers in which torture victims, faced with the paralysis of the new regime, themselves band together to settle accounts with their former tormentors.

"Disturbing and often enthralling."--New York Times Book Review

"Extraordinarily moving. . . . Weschler writes brilliantly."--Newsday

"Implausible, intricate and dazzling."--Times Literary Supplement

"As Weschler's interviewees told their tales, I paced agitatedly, choked back tears. . . . Weschler narrates these two episodes with skill and tact. . . . An inspiring book."--George Scialabba, Los Angeles Weekly
Number of Pages: 322
Dimensions: 0.71 x 8 x 5.26 IN
Publication Date: July 01, 1998
ISBN9780226893945
Author Lawrence Weschler
PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press
GenreNews & politics and History
FormatPaperback
PublishedJuly 1998
LanguageENG- English
Pages322
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About Lawrence Weschler

Lawrence Weschler, a recipient of the prestigious Lannan Literary Award for 1998, is the author of numerous books, including Calamities of Exile: Three Nonfiction Novellas, and Mr. Wilson's Cabinet of Wonder, which was a finalist for both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award.

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