Swallowing Stones

Lisa St Aubin de Ter n's Swallowing Stones is a fictionalized account of the extraordinary life of one Oswaldo Barreto Miliani, code-named Otto -- adviser to Castro, confidant of Salvador Allende, and sharp thorn in the sides of both the CIA and the KGB. In the riveting and remarkable invented memoirs of the legendary seventy-year-old revolutionary scholar, the explosive history of twentieth-century Latin America unfolds before us -- viewed through the sharp, unflinching eyes of a uniquely indomitable character as he progresses, through consequence and fateful accident, from philosophy student to guerrilla fighter, political activist, and outlaw.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Ecco Press
Published: 01/03/2006
ISBN: 9780060781040
Pages: 528
Weight: 0.97lbs
Size: 7.84h x 6.44w x 1.25d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 11/07/2005 pg. 49
Library Journal 12/01/2005 pg. 116
Multicultural Review 06/01/2006 pg. 61