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"A coming-of-age story that blends birthday parties and puppy love with indoctrination in the tradecraft of subversion: how to arrange the delivery of secret documents, how to lose a police tail, how to lead a double life." Toronto Star"Raw, courageously honest and funny; an insightful journey into the formation of a revolutionary soul." The Globe and Mail “Carmen’s book managed to stir my creative imagination, political conscience, and most importantly, my compassion. Speaking to the merits of Something Fierce on CBC’s Canada Reads 2012 program was a thrill and one of the great privileges I’ve had in my career.” Shad, JUNO Award–winning rapper “Aguirre, who also works as a playwright, has the dramatist’s touch and finds a way to tell a difficult tale with narrative grace.” National Post (Best Book) “A riveting testimonial of bravery and fear. . . . Something Fierce is more than a journey into the shadows of political repression. What could have been a narrative of unremitting horror is relieved by joyous occasions—an idyllic holiday with Chilean grandparents, several adolescent love affairs—and by poetic descriptions of surroundings. . . . She has inherited the heart of a revolutionary, so the struggles for justice and freedom will continue, on the page, or on the stage.” BC BookWorld “Frank, clean prose, vulnerable yet devoid of bathos. . . . Carmen writes like someone who knows how it feels to exhale with no certainty that another breath will follow. . . . Carmen possesses a tremendous gift for evoking the past through details such the smell of a rose bush, a village burning somewhere in the Andean night as glimpsed from a passing train, or the weird stillness of a house filled with glass poodles perched on white doilies. . . . Deliciously dark humour . . . permeates this book. . . . The adventurous, exhilarating, and all too often harrowing adolescence and early adulthood of one extraordinary person.” José Teodoro, National Post “It’s a spellbinding, important, informative and wildly entertaining story. Aguirre’s playwriting background shows in the active scenes. Her writing never tries to reach above the story. She is to the point and cutting.” Telegraph-Journal “[Aguirre] has crafted a narrative packed with suspense, emotion, and dollops of sardonic humour. Even better, her searing memoir conveys the confusion and heartache of adolescence alongside the violent upheavals of Latin America during the late 1970s. . . . Never polemical or self-pitying, Aguirre has written a crisp, dramatic account of growing up under extraordinary circumstances.” Quill & Quire (Book of the Year)“The Chilean diaspora that fled after General Pinochet’s coup produced poignant poetry and folk songs. Yet until now it has been difficult to find a convincing memoir of the experience. Carmen Aguirre has plugged this gap. . . . This memoir’s piercing eye for detail and exceptional emotional openness draws the reader into a harrowing world.” The Times Literary Supplement“Riveting. . . . While adroitly chronicling her remarkable childhood within the constricted world of exiled revolutionaries, Aguirre simultaneously untangles the complex political, economic, and cultural currents sweeping South America, ushering in the brutal Pinochet dictatorship. Aguirre’s writing is splendid; she combines black humor and a sharp intellect and tells her powerful story in grand style.” Publishers Weekly “A stirring account of a revolutionary’s girlhood.” Booklist “Funny and self-deprecating. . . . Entertaining.” Kirkus Reviews
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About the Author
CARMEN AGUIRRE is a Vancouver-based writer and theatre artist who has worked extensively in North and South America. She has written or co-written 20 plays, including The Refugee Hotel, which was nominated for a 2010 Dora Mavor Moore Award for best new play. Her most recent one-woman show is Blue Box. Aguirre has 60 film, TV and stage acting credits, including lead roles in the Showcase series Endgame andQuinceañera, winner of the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival. Something Fierce won Canada Reads in 2012, was a finalist for the Charles Taylor Prize, and was a #1 National Bestseller.
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Product details
Paperback: 304 pages
Publisher: Vintage Canada (March 25, 2014)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0345813820
ISBN-13: 978-0345813824
Product Dimensions:
5.2 x 0.8 x 8 inches
Shipping Weight: 9.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review:
4.0 out of 5 stars
15 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
#732,162 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
This first-hand story of growing up in the Chilean resistance after the Pinochet coup is riveting and revealing. It is utterly unlike anything I have read before, political without becoming polemical, deeply personal but movingly human. There is no room here for the cynicism or distancing prevalent in too many autobiographies and first-person accounts of events. This is raw, moving and almost excruciatingly honest. No wonder it won last year's Canada Reads award. Read this not only to better understand the savagery of the CIA-backed Pinochet coup and its aftermath,but to also understand the motivation, dedication and sacrifices of those committed to combating tyranny not only in Chile, but in nations around the globe.
Her story is fantastic. I read this in 3 sittings. I would highly recommend this book. Can't wait till my daughters are old enough to read it.
Although this book was a facinating read, I was disappointed by the end. Throughout the book, Carmen discribes her relationship with family. Unfortunately, she doesn't continue with her relationship with her parents. I felt like I was hanging, wondering what had happened between Carmen and her mother in particular. I would have liked a final chapter describing her closest relationships and what happened to those people. There were too many unanswered questions for me.
This read held me captivated from start to finish. Both entertaining and educating me. I highly recommend this book for all audiences
Would recommend this book. Nice to have a different perspective on South American politics. The author did a good job of portraying the life of the child affected by the political strife.
New insight into a world I did not have a whole bunch of knowledge, revealed itself in this book. Although it did not cover a topic I embrace, the life of the children involved in this dishevelled journey was worth the read .
The memoir was informative with details textbooks can't offer. I don't have major complaints. Loved the input of the other characters, particularly her grandma and younger sister.
Great read.
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