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"Life may unfold chronologically for the body and for bureaucracies that keep track of such things as births, marriages, deaths, visas, tax returns, expulsions, and identity cards, but memory does not play this game in quite the same way, always manages to confound the desire for tidiness."

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About Ariel Dorfman

Argentine-born Chilean American novelist, playwright, essayist, and human rights advocate. He is known internationally for works such as Death and the Maiden and for writing on exile, memory, and political violence. He has taught and lectured widely in literature and cultural studies.

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