Ariel Dorfman Summary

In the following interview, Dorfman discusses the themes and narrative voice of The Last Song of Manuel Sendero and Mascara. It is the dubious distinction of the 20th century to have created a vast... Read more

In the following interview, Dorfman discusses the challenges of being a bilingual writer, the influence of his Jewish background on his work, and the role of memory, suffering, and justice in his fict... Read more

In the following review, McMurray criticizes Dorfman's confusing and overly obtuse narrative structure in Konfidenz. A native of Chile residing in the United States, Ariel Dorfman is one of ... Read more

In the following essay, Crnkovic presents a critical analysis of director Roman Polanski's film adaptation of Death and the Maiden, discussing how the director interpreted both the original pla... Read more

In the following review, France laments Dorfman's unfocused narrative in The Nanny and the Iceberg, calling the novel “confused, over-long and often clumsy.” Ariel Dorfman is a... Read more

In the following review, Peaco argues that, despite the novel's “promising” subject material, The Nanny and the Iceberg suffers from Dorfman's “inelegant treatment o... Read more

In the following review, McClennen praises Dorfman's literary experimentation in The Nanny and the Iceberg but notes that the nontraditional narrative “wavers on the absurd.” T... Read more

In the following review of The Nanny and the Iceberg, Mujica maintains that Dorfman presents“ample food for thought in a rich, complex, and sometimes hilarious text.” In his convolute... Read more

In the following review, Post contends that Dorfman constructs a playful and effective narrative in Blake's Therapy and notes that the novel solidifies “Dorfman's place within the... Read more

In the following review, the critic commends Exorcising Terror as an “accessible” and “powerful” look at modern Chilean politics. Acclaimed Chilean novelist Dorfman (Bla... Read more

In the following review, Lindstrom praises the poetry collected in In Case of Fire in a Foreign Land: New and Collected Poems from Two Languages, asserting that the volume presents “distinguish... Read more

In the following essay, Hassett explores how Dorfman utilizes memory as a source of dramatic and emotional conflict in Viudas, La última canción de Manuel Sendero and “La batalla ... Read more

In the following review, Byrne praises Dorfman's fragmentary narrative in Hard Rain, calling the work a “brilliant anti-novel.” “All you need are a body, a killer, and a... Read more

In the following review, Kauffmann laments the lack of resolution in Death and the Maiden, noting that the American actors are “miscast” as South Americans. Having cleared my throat b... Read more