The Snake and the Condor
定價:873 元
NT $ 873
- 作者:Robert,Southam
- 出版社:Baker & Taylor Books
- 出版日期:2015-06-26
- 語言:英文
- ISBN10:1782797319
- ISBN13:9781782797319
- 裝訂:平裝 / 17.8 x 25.4 x 3.2 cm / 普通級
Santiago, Chile, at the height of Pinochet’s reign of terror in the late twentieth century. Julieta, the Juliet of this ’Romeo and Juliet’ story and the daughter of a senior
government official, is to be married to the army officer of her father’s choice. She attempts to escape with the boy she loves to the Peruvian Andes, but her father’s tentacles reach
across South America and even as far as England. The young lovers are caught up in a series of gripping adventures and narrow escapes. They are helped by a courageous priest, whose
mission is to save opponents of Pinochet from the prisons, torture chambers and executions of the military régime. The Snake and the Condor is more than a retelling of one of the great
love stories of world literature. It also studies the cruel effects of colonization, forced conversion and economic exploitation on non-European civilizations. It evokes the fear,
suspicion and uncertainty on which tyranny and dictatorship thrive. |