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Publications [#302953] of Ariel Dorfman

Books

  1. Dorfman, A, Allegro (Spanish) (2015), pp. 224 pages, Stella Maris, ISBN 8416541051 [available here]
    (last updated on 2023/06/01)

    Abstract:
    Allegro is narrated by Mozart during three moments of his life (as a child in London, as an anguished young man in Paris and as someone who sees death approaching in Leipzig) The novel is structured as something of a detective story, Mozart trying to find out if Johann Sebastian Bach was murdered by a famous (or infamous) eye surgeon who later also operated on Handel. Above all a story of friendship, betrayal, music as a way in which humanity defies death – and also an indictment of the 18th century’s injustices (with parallels to our time).


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