Widows
(eBook)
Set in a Greek village in 1942, and purportedly written from his imagination by a Danish man before he was picked up by the Gestapo and not seen again, here is Ariel Dorfman's haunting and universal parable of individual courage in the face of political oppression. Widows forms a testament to the disappeared-those living under totalitarian regimes the world over, who are taken away for "questioning" and never return. One by one, the bodies of men wash up on the shore of the river, where they are claimed by the women of the local town as husbands and fathers, even though the faces of the dead men are unrecognizable. A tug-of-war ensues between the local police, who insist that the women couldn't possibly recognize their loved ones, and the women demanding the right to bury their beloveds. As it evolves, the stand-off reveals itself to be a power struggle between love, dignity and honor, and the lesser god of brute force. A lesson in how power really works, and how it can be made to work differently.
Notes
Dorfman, A. (2011). Widows. [United States], Seven Stories Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Dorfman, Ariel. 2011. Widows. [United States], Seven Stories Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Dorfman, Ariel, Widows. [United States], Seven Stories Press, 2011.
MLA Citation (style guide)Dorfman, Ariel. Widows. [United States], Seven Stories Press, 2011.
Hoopla Extract Information
hooplaId | 13313914 |
---|---|
title | Widows |
kind | EBOOK |
price | 0.6 |
active | 1 |
pa | 0 |
profanity | 0 |
children | 0 |
demo | 0 |
rating | |
abridged | 0 |
dateLastUpdated | Sep 15, 2022 02:22:36 AM |
Record Information
Last File Modification Time | Nov 22, 2023 11:49:07 PM |
---|---|
Last Grouped Work Modification Time | Jan 26, 2024 03:04:47 PM |
MARC Record
LEADER | 02368nam a22003735a 4500 | ||
---|---|---|---|
001 | MWT13313914 | ||
003 | MWT | ||
005 | 20231028014703.1 | ||
006 | m o d | ||
007 | cr cn||||||||| | ||
008 | 231028s2011 xxu eo 000 1 eng d | ||
020 | |a 9781609803223|q (electronic bk.) | ||
020 | |a 1609803221|q (electronic bk.) | ||
028 | 4 | 2 | |a MWT13313914 |
029 | |a https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/ssp_9781609803223_180.jpeg | ||
037 | |a 13313914|b Midwest Tape, LLC|n http://www.midwesttapes.com | ||
040 | |a Midwest|e rda | ||
099 | |a eBook hoopla | ||
100 | 1 | |a Dorfman, Ariel,|e author. | |
245 | 1 | 0 | |a Widows|h [electronic resource] /|c Ariel Dorfman. |
264 | 1 | |a [United States] :|b Seven Stories Press,|c 2011. | |
264 | 2 | |b Made available through hoopla | |
300 | |a 1 online resource (168 pages) | ||
336 | |a text|b txt|2 rdacontent | ||
337 | |a computer|b c|2 rdamedia | ||
338 | |a online resource|b cr|2 rdacarrier | ||
347 | |a text file|2 rda | ||
506 | |a Instant title available through hoopla. | ||
520 | |a Set in a Greek village in 1942, and purportedly written from his imagination by a Danish man before he was picked up by the Gestapo and not seen again, here is Ariel Dorfman's haunting and universal parable of individual courage in the face of political oppression. Widows forms a testament to the disappeared-those living under totalitarian regimes the world over, who are taken away for "questioning" and never return. One by one, the bodies of men wash up on the shore of the river, where they are claimed by the women of the local town as husbands and fathers, even though the faces of the dead men are unrecognizable. A tug-of-war ensues between the local police, who insist that the women couldn't possibly recognize their loved ones, and the women demanding the right to bury their beloveds. As it evolves, the stand-off reveals itself to be a power struggle between love, dignity and honor, and the lesser god of brute force. A lesson in how power really works, and how it can be made to work differently. | ||
538 | |a Mode of access: World Wide Web. | ||
650 | 0 | |a Electronic books. | |
710 | 2 | |a hoopla digital. | |
856 | 4 | 0 | |u https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/13313914?utm_source=MARC&Lid=hh4435|z Instantly available on hoopla. |
856 | 4 | 2 | |z Cover image|u https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/ssp_9781609803223_180.jpeg |