Daniel Wilkinson
Autore di Silence on the Mountain: Stories of Terror, Betrayal, and Forgetting in Guatemala
Sull'Autore
Daniel Wilkinson works with Human Rights Watch. He lives in Brooklyn, New York
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Informazioni generali
- Attività lavorative
- managing director of the Americas division, Human Rights Watch
- Premi e riconoscimenti
- PEN/Albrand Award for nonfiction
- Breve biografia
- Managing Director, Americas Division
Daniel Wilkinson
Daniel Wilkinson, managing director of the Americas division at Human Rights Watch, is a general expert on Latin America. He has conducted fieldwork and advocacy throughout the region, and authored reports on human rights issues in Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, the United States, and Venezuela. Wilkinson's writings on US policy toward Latin America have been widely published. His book, "Silence on the Mountain: Stories of Terror, Betrayal, and Forgetting in Guatemala," won the PEN/Albrand Award for nonfiction. Wilkinson is a graduate of Yale Law School. He speaks Spanish.
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Silence on the Mountain by Daniel Wilkinson is an important work on the recent history of Guatemala that needs to be heard and remembered. Unfortunately, this jumpy narrative is unnecessarily hard to follow and the length is unnecessarily too long by about 100 pages.
When the author first interviews the townsfolk and plantation workers, he is met with a determined silence which intrigued me. The secrets they guard are horrific, and equally disturbing is the culture that creates the incentive for them to remain silent. The locals frequently answered questions using vernacular such as "Sí pues" and "Saber" which is the language equivalent of passively shrugging one's shoulders. Over time, Wilkinson does start to earn their trust.… (altro)
When the author first interviews the townsfolk and plantation workers, he is met with a determined silence which intrigued me. The secrets they guard are horrific, and equally disturbing is the culture that creates the incentive for them to remain silent. The locals frequently answered questions using vernacular such as "Sí pues" and "Saber" which is the language equivalent of passively shrugging one's shoulders. Over time, Wilkinson does start to earn their trust.… (altro)
Premi e riconoscimenti
Statistiche
- Opere
- 2
- Utenti
- 100
- Popolarità
- #190,120
- Voto
- 3.7
- Recensioni
- 2
- ISBN
- 3
Although the book jumps around quite a bit, the book does have a useful summary of Guatemala's political history as viewed through the lens of US involvement. There are a few details about people who lived in a rural community, but Wilkinson is not able to get much out of them, hence the title of the book. Amid these little snippets of interviews, the author discusses his motorcycle, the difficulty he has driving in the rain, and how unsettled he is because he believes the military could make him a target for asking questions. In the end, I felt the book was somewhat self-aggrandizing.… (altro)