State of Exile

"Considered a leading light of the "Latin-American Boom" generation, Cristina Peri Rossi was born in Montevideo, Uruguay. She was forced to leave her country at the age of thirty-one when her work was banned and her life was threatened by a repressive military dictatorship, and in 1972 she moved to Spain, where she still resides." "This collection of poems, written during her journey to Spain and over the first years of her self-exile, was so personal that it remained unpublished for almost thirty years. State of Exile is infused with the tremendous sense loss and alienation, the terrible doubt, sorrow and remorse that come with the abandonment of one s country, family and friends. And yet, the work is inspired, both by the knowledge that survival is a political, social and human imperative, and by the creative process that occurs when one searches for new reference points, new family and new relationships in the face of persistent nostalgia. In a world in which so many have been forced into exile, both political and economic, these poems bear witness and offer hope."--BOOK JACKET.Peri Rossi, Cristina is the author of 'State of Exile' with ISBN 9780872864634 and ISBN 0872864634.