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Subject(s)

• Liscano, Carlos, 1949-—Imprisonment [Browse]
• Authors, Uruguayan—20th century—Biography [Browse]
• Political prisoners—Uruguay—Biography [Browse]

Summary note

"Truck of Fools is a personal account of incarceration and torture. It recalls the author's thirteen years as a political prisoner of Uruguay's neofascist regime during the 1970s and 1980s. An acutely perceptive poet-novelist, Carlos Liscano offers insight into not only the physical and psychological plight of the prisoner but also the mindset of his tormentors." "The first major work by Liscano to appear in English, this book also includes an essay, "A Life without Object(s)," in which the author reflects on how the brutalities of prison corrupt and distort language."--BOOK JACKET.

ISBN

0826514642 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN

2004017368

OCLC

56085761

RCP

C - S

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