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The Lizard's Tail

Gregory Rabassa

3.5/5 ( ratings)

The Lizard's Tail is a whip much favoured by Latin American torturers. It gives its name to this fictional biography of Lopez Rega, Isabel Peron's minister of social well-being who ruled Argentina through sorcery and witchcraft. A figure of immense power and cruelty, Lopez Rega survives all attempts by politicians and the military to overthrow him. So great is the magic of this power-crazed witch-doctor that the writer / narrator can destroy him only by removing herself: 'By erasing myself from the map, I intend to erase you. Without my biography, it will be as if you never had a life. So long, Sorcerer, felice morte.' In The Lizard's Tail, Luisa Valenzuela re-invents language to convey the political reality of Latin America. A reality in which the writer hangs in the balance.

Language: English

Pages: 288

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Serpent's Tail

Release: June 01, 1987

ISBN: 1852421126

ISBN 13: 9781852421120

The Lizard's Tail

Gregory Rabassa

3.5/5 ( ratings)

The Lizard's Tail is a whip much favoured by Latin American torturers. It gives its name to this fictional biography of Lopez Rega, Isabel Peron's minister of social well-being who ruled Argentina through sorcery and witchcraft. A figure of immense power and cruelty, Lopez Rega survives all attempts by politicians and the military to overthrow him. So great is the magic of this power-crazed witch-doctor that the writer / narrator can destroy him only by removing herself: 'By erasing myself from the map, I intend to erase you. Without my biography, it will be as if you never had a life. So long, Sorcerer, felice morte.' In The Lizard's Tail, Luisa Valenzuela re-invents language to convey the political reality of Latin America. A reality in which the writer hangs in the balance.

Language: English

Pages: 288

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Serpent's Tail

Release: June 01, 1987

ISBN: 1852421126

ISBN 13: 9781852421120

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