The Little School:
Tales of Disappearance and Survival

2nd edition
Alicia Partnoy
Introduction by Julia Alvarez

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. Her writings were smuggled out of prison and published anonymously in human rights journals. The Little School: Tales of Disappearance and Survival is Alicia Partnoy's memoir of her disappearance and imprisonment in Argentina in the 1970s. Told in a series of tales that resound in memory like parables, The Little School is proof of the resilience of the human spirit and the healing powers of art.

The Little School has appeared on the London Times bestsellers list and was a Pushcart Foundation Writer's Choice Selection. The NEA selected The Little School for exhibition at the Buenos Aires and Frankfurt Book Fairs, and the Association of Jewish Publishers selected the book for exhibition at the Moscow International Bookfair. This edition features an introduction by Julia Alvarez.

A member of the board of directors of Amnesty International USA, PARTNOY has presented testimony on human rights violations to the United Nations, the Organization of American States, Amnesty International, and human rights organizations in Argentina.

"Remarkable…for her flinty humor and her determination to take joy from any source–the smell of rain, the imagined taste of a soft drink, the sight of her own feet through a loosely tied blindfold." —Tobias Wolff

"Courageous, understated, chilling…" —Bobbie Ann Mason

"A testimony to the healing powers of art and imagination, of humor andcompassion…" — The Guardian

"The common thread of Partnoy's tales is a message of love for humanity…" —Cleveland Plain Dealer

$14.95 trade paper
150 pages
8.5 x 5.5
ISBN 1-57344-029-9
Women's Studies / Human Rights / Latin America