Little School: Tales of Disappearance and Survival
One of Argentina's 30,000 "disappeared", Alicia Partnoy was abducted from her home by secret police and taken to a concentration camp where she was tortured, and where most of the other prisoners were killed. Smuggled out and published anonymously, THE LITTLE SCHOOL is Partnoy's memoir of her disappearance and imprisonment.
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One of Argentina's 30,000 "disappeared", Alicia Partnoy was abducted from her home by secret police and taken to a concentration camp where she was tortured, and where most of the other prisoners were killed. Smuggled out and published anonymously, THE LITTLE SCHOOL is Partnoy's memoir of her disappearance and imprisonment. Library Journal Military regimes are not at all unusual in Argentina, but those that ruled from 1976 to 1979 were unique in the number of civilians, mostly young people, who were kidnapped, jailed, tortured, and/or murdered because of their political beliefs. Late in 1977 the author was taken into custody by the army and sent to ``the little school,'' one of many camps where dissidents were ``taught'' their ``lessons.'' Imprisoned without charges, she spent almost a year blindfolded and bound, cut off from friends and family, including her child, until being inexplicably released. Partnoy's glimpses of her life in prison are understandably disjointed and meandering, but they stand as a record of character and fortitude. Louise Leonard, Univ . of Florida Lib., Gainesville
Preface8Introduction11The One-Flower Slippers25Latrine29Birthday35My Names41Benja's First Night45Telepathy49Graciela: Around the Table53My Nose59Religion61A Conversation Under the Rain67A Puzzle77Toothbrush81Bread83The Small Box of Matches87Ruth's Father93Form of Address97Poetry103The Denim Jacket109A Beauty Treatment113Nativity119AppCases of Disappearance at the Little School123AppDescriptions of the Guards at the Little School133
\ Library JournalMilitary regimes are not at all unusual in Argentina, but those that ruled from 1976 to 1979 were unique in the number of civilians, mostly young people, who were kidnapped, jailed, tortured, and/or murdered because of their political beliefs. Late in 1977 the author was taken into custody by the army and sent to ``the little school,'' one of many camps where dissidents were ``taught'' their ``lessons.'' Imprisoned without charges, she spent almost a year blindfolded and bound, cut off from friends and family, including her child, until being inexplicably released. Partnoy's glimpses of her life in prison are understandably disjointed and meandering, but they stand as a record of character and fortitude. Louise Leonard, Univ . of Florida Lib., Gainesville\ \
