On the Verge of Venom: Literature as Forgiveness in Latin America
Chris Schulenburg In the end of her startling testimony The Inferno: A Story of Terror and Survival in Chile, Luz Arce converses with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission lawyer Carlos Fresno about the possibility of forgiving her past government captors. Years after absorbing torture, and ultimately collaborating with, Chile’s secret police (DINA), Arce certainly found …