Ariel Dorfman Again (1 cent)

I went back to Dorfman's "Heading South, Looking North", thinking that I had done justice to it the first time. This time, I finished it.

To recap, Dorfman was born in Argentina, quickly moved with his family to the U.S., then moved back to Chile, then again to the U.S., then Chile, the Argentina, the Europe and again the U.S., where he teaches at Duke, and writes.

He went from being bilingual to speaking English only, the Spanish only, then English only, then Spanish only and now either.

His father was a Communist, he was an elitist, then a socialist, then an Allende supporter, etc. He could have been killed after the fall of Allende, but wasn't.

He is a complicated person, to put it mildly.

And the book? It is the story of the history of his times, which means it is the story of Ariel Dorfman. He is the center of whatever universe he is a part of. Major political or social movements are only backdrops to make it easier to understand Dorfman.

This time I finished the book. I still did not care for it.