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An Absence of Shadows (Human Rights Series)
An Absence of Shadows - Human Rights Series Author:Isabel Allende Poetry. Latino/a Studies. This collection of poems by Marjorie Agosin, noted poet and editor, is presented in both Spanish and English. Published to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the United Nation's Declaration of Human Rights, this book joins two of Agosin's most acclaimed books with new work. ZONES OF PAIN and CIRCLES OF MADNESS, both of w... more »hich are out of print, give voice to the victims of the corrupt dictatorship that existed in Latin America during the past three decades. "Poets, whose role is economically unimportant in the 20th century, have become the voices that ask for compassion for the voiceless victims." (Preface). Agosin is the author of SARGASSO, ASHES OF REVOLT: ESSAYS ON HUMAN RIGTHS, CIRCLES OF MADNESS: MOTHERS OF THE PLAZA DE MAYO, STARRY NIGHT, HAPPINESS as well as editor of LANDSCAPES OF A NEW LAND: SHORT FICTION BY LATIN AMERICAN WOMEN, WHAT IS SECRET: STORIES BY CHILEAN CHILDREN, THESE ARE NOT SWEET GIRLS: POETRY BY LATIN AMERICAN WOMEN, A GABRIELA MISTRAL READER and A NECKLACE OF WORDS (with Nancy Abraham Hall), all by White Pine Press. By Latin American Review Press we have BRUJAS Y ALGO MAS/WITCHES AND OTHER THINGS, WOMEN OF SMOKE, AND MELODIOUS WOMEN. Also available are DEAR ANNE FRANK by Azul Editions and MARIA LUISA BOMBAL: APRECIACIONES CRITCAS, TOWARD THE SPLENDID CITY and RENEWALS OF VISION: VOICES OF LATIN AMERICAN WOMEN POETS 1940 - 1980 (ed.) by Bilingual Press.« less