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A Strange Adventure
A Strange Adventure
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Multivocal and anonymous, A Strange Adventure is oral-history-as-theater—the theater of memory, trauma, and torture. A play with neither named characters nor stage directions, it is a reckoning with the immediate a group of women recount ten days of torture in Madrid’s Yeserías prison, in 1974, just after the Spanish state rounded up Basque nationalists and other activists it could conveniently incarcerate. This stuttering yet lucid text—written by Eva Forest, who was imprisoned in Yeserías from 1974 to 1977 without trial—is as urgent today as ever, transcending its context of Basque struggle and Francoist fascism. Emerging from a space and time that many prefer to forget and suppress, A Strange Adventure is testimony to the resilience, humility, and power of a group of women who refuse repression, who find life in collectivity, who speak in echoes, silences, and screams.
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Powerful oral histories of resilience under repression.
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Who is this book for?
If you're interested in stories of collective strength and resilience, this book offers a gripping and raw portrayal of women enduring brutal repression. Its unique format as a theater of memory makes it both intimate and intense. It's a reminder of how voices can persist against the odds, making it a compelling read for anyone interested in history, activism, or human endurance.