On 11 September 1973 General Augusto Pinochet led a military coup against the elected government of Salvador Allende, bombing La Moneda, the presidential seat in Chile's capital Santiago where the President died resisting the attack. The National Football Stadium became a torture centre, where supporters of Allende's Popular Unity government were rounded up, tortured, and - like the popular singer Victor Jara - brutally killed. Chile's Nobel-prize winning poet Pablo Neruda also died in mysterious circumstances immediately ...
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On 11 September 1973 General Augusto Pinochet led a military coup against the elected government of Salvador Allende, bombing La Moneda, the presidential seat in Chile's capital Santiago where the President died resisting the attack. The National Football Stadium became a torture centre, where supporters of Allende's Popular Unity government were rounded up, tortured, and - like the popular singer Victor Jara - brutally killed. Chile's Nobel-prize winning poet Pablo Neruda also died in mysterious circumstances immediately following the coup. Thousands of Chileans disappeared, now known to have been murdered, and many others went into exile, including the writer Antonio Sk???rmeta, who was completing his first novel I Dreamt the Snow was Burning, set in the weeks just before the coup, where football, Neruda's poetry, the growing tensions of the period clash around the inhabitants of a cheap Santiago boarding house, from petty crooks to fervent supporters of Popular Unity. Into their midst comes a football-mad country boy longing only to be a massive star - and of course to score with the girls. "Sk???rmeta strikes a brilliant balance between realistic portrayals of daily life and stream-of-consciousness scenes... His ability to amplify emotional undercurrents and capture the raw poetry of everyday language is impressive. Journalist Malcolm Coad deserves praise for the lucidity and electrical vibrancy of his translation." SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
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Add this copy of I Dreamt the Snow Was Burning to cart. $3.69, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Dallas rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1985 by Readers International.
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VG in NF jacket. Book Neither remainder nor ex-lib. Hardcover with textured black paper over boards, in black, red and green jacket, small 8vo. 220pp. VG/Near Fine. Book has clean and sharp boards and titles; binding tight and square; pages strongly toned on off-quality paper stock. Jacket has 3" surface scratch along lower rear hinge and hinge ridge; 1 /2" hinge scratch off mid front hinge (no scratches breaking surface); mild softening at upper spine end; otherwise clean, bright and sharp in Brodart.
Add this copy of I Dreamt the Snow Was Burning to cart. $8.00, very good condition, Sold by Lee Madden Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Brattleboro, VT, UNITED STATES, published 1985 by Readers International.
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Very good. Readers International London 1985 HB 12mo VG/NFn First Edition. 220 Pages. Black cloth boards with gilt letters. Some age-browning to pages; owner's name and date on fpd; no other defects; crisp, tight, clean. DJ shows very slight shelf wear. Novel of the times of the (U.S. funded) overthrow of the democratic Allende government in Chile and the installation of the fascists.
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Add this copy of I Dreamt the Snow Was Burning: a Novel of Chile to cart. $19.49, good condition, Sold by Reuseabook rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester, GLOS, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1985 by Readers International.
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Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Grubby book may have mild dirt or some staining, mostly on the edges of pages. Aged book. Tanned pages and age spots, however, this will not interfere with reading.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 400grams, ISBN: 0930523067.
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Fine in Fine jacket. First edition in English. Octavo. 220pp. Pages modestly toned as usual else fine in fine dust jacket with a tiny bit of wear. First published in Barcelona in 1975 as *Soñé Que La Nieve Ardia*.
