{"product_id":"konfidenz-paperback","title":"Konfidenz - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAriel Dorfman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe political and the personal become blurred in a series of tense, tantalizing conversations about resistance. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA pared-back yet gripping psychological novel from the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eDeath and the Maiden \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAllegro\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA woman travels to Paris to meet her lover. When she arrives at her hotel, however, she receives a call from a mysterious stranger claiming to be his friend, who somehow possesses intimate knowledge of their lives and why she fled her homeland. Over the course of nine hours, this man will draw her in, revealing details about her lover's work, which could put him in grave danger, and the growing conflict that has ensnared them all. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA brilliant, mind-bending story told almost entirely through dialogue, \u003ci\u003eKonfidenz \u003c\/i\u003eupends what we think we know, painting an insightful portrait of manipulation and divided loyalties. Taking inspiration from his own experiences of political turmoil and exile after the 1973 coup that overthrew Chilean president Salvador Allende, Ariel Dorfman infuses this novel with a remarkable urgency and authenticity.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAriel Dorfman \u003c\/b\u003eis a Chilean-American author, born in Argentina, whose award-winning books in many genres have been published in more than fifty languages and his plays performed in more than one hundred countries. Among his works are the plays \u003ci\u003eDeath and the Maiden\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePurgatorio\u003c\/i\u003e, the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Suicide Museum\u003c\/i\u003e (Other Press, 2023), \u003ci\u003eAllegro\u003c\/i\u003e (Other Press, 2025), \u003ci\u003eWidows\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eKonfidenz\u003c\/i\u003e, and the memoirs \u003ci\u003eHeading South\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Looking North\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFeeding on Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e. He writes regularly for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times, Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEl País\u003c\/i\u003e, and CNN. His stories have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Threepenny Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eIndex on Censorship\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. A prominent human rights activist, he worked as press and cultural advisor to Salvador Allende's chief of staff in the final months before the 1973 military coup, and later spent many years in exile. He lives with his wife Angélica in Santiago, Chile, and Durham, North Carolina, where he is the Walter Hines Page Emeritus Professor of Literature at Duke University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.72 x 7.96 x 5.21 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 03, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52022477422893,"sku":"9781635424508","price":20.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/konfidenz-paperback-2080329.webp?v=1777433770","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/konfidenz-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}