Some Write to the Future

Ariel Dorfman is the author of numerous works of fiction, plays, poems and essays in both Spanish and English. Death and the Maiden, his most recent award-winning work, has been hailed as one of the most important political plays of the last decade, with productions in over 15 countries. He divides his time between Santiago, Chile and Durham, North Carolina, where he is Research Professor of Literature and Latin American Studies at Duke University.

"In Some Write to the Future, Ariel Dorfman, the Chilean poet, novelist, critic, and playwright, turns criticism into a personal quest--for his own context, both as writer and citizen of Latin America... As both political and literary being, he belongs to the Latin American tradition of the committed writer... [An] intelligent and thoughtful book." James Polk, Washington Post Book World "Dorfman explores with great insight the differing ways that political militants and writers of fiction can bear testimony to torture and man's inhumanity to man. His conclusion is that by its very weakness and ambiguity, by its ability to entertain endless doubt, literature can come closer to understanding such horrors." Nick Caistor, The Independent (London) "Lucid and thought-provoking..." Ilan Stavans, New York Times Book Review "[A] Chilean literary grandmaster ..." Michael Quinn, Time Magazine Praise for Ariel Dorfman "One of the most important voices coming out of Latin America."--Salman Rushdie "A remarkable writer ... writing out of a very different cultural perspective from comfortable American readers."--Digby Diehl, Los Angeles Herald Examiner "One of the six greatest Latin American novelists."--Jacobo Timmerman, Newsweek