Tunnel to Canto Grande by Alegría, Claribel

Tunnel to Canto Grande (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781880684344)

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Format: Paperback
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Tunnel to Canto Grande by Alegría, Claribel

Tunnel to Canto Grande

$14.95
Tunnel to Canto Grande by Alegría, Claribel

Tunnel to Canto Grande

$14.95
Format: Paperback
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Tunnel to Canto Grande tells the dramatic story of how the Peruvian Tupac Amuru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) tunneled into an "escape-proof" penitentiary, Canto Grande, to free forty-eight political prisoners on July 9, 1990. The prisoners escaped through the tunnel without a single casualty and eluded the authorities. Because of their world-wide reputation as writers of testimony, the authors, Alegr a and Flakoll, were invited by MRTA leaders to write the exclusive story of the escape. At no small risk to their own safety, they spent a week in the most hunted for safe house in Lima, Peru, interviewing the participants in the project and the escapees. The resulting narrative is filled with suspense, drama, and humor.

Author: Claribel Alegr?, Darwin J. Flakoll
ISBN-10: 1880684349
ISBN-13: 9781880684344
Publisher: Curbstone Press
Language: English
Published: 07/01/1996
Pages: 148
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.48h x 5.49w x 0.63d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 03/15/1996 pg. 84
Library Journal 03/01/1996
By Claribel Alegr?
By Claribel Alegr?
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Claribel Alegr? was a Salvadorian-Nicaraguan poet, essayist, novelist, and journalist who was a major voice in the literature of contemporary Central America. She has been called "one of the region's finest writers" by The Washington Post. Alegr? published over forty books, including fifteen collections of poetry, and was a recipient of the Casa de las Americas Prize of Cuba. Her works in English include Ashes of Izalco, Luisa in Realityland, and Family Album. She was awarded the 2006 Neustadt International Prize for Literature. She died in 2018.

In 1947 Alegr? married the U.S.-born journalist Darwin J. ("Bud") Flakoll; they had three daughters and one son. Flakoll coauthored some of her novels and translated much of her work into English. He died in 1995. Alegr?'s Sorrow, a collection of love poems, was written for her deceased husband.

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