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Resistance by Lopez, Barry Holstun, 1945- is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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<p><P>From the National Book Award-winning author of <b>Arctic Dreams</b><i>,</i> a highly charged, stunningly original work of fiction&#8211;a passionate response to the changes shaping our country today. In nine fictional testimonies, men and women who have resisted the mainstream and who are now suddenly &#8220;parties of interest&#8221; to the government tell their stories.A young woman in Buenos Aires watches bitterly as her family dissolves in betrayal and illness, but chooses to seek a new understanding of compassion rather than revenge. A carpenter traveling in India changes his life when he explodes in an act of violence out of proportion to its cause. The beginning of the end of a man&#8217;s lifelong search for coherence is sparked by a Montana grizzly. A man blinded in the war in Vietnam wrestles with the implications of his actions as a soldier&#8211;and with innocence, both lost and regained.Punctuated with haunting images by acclaimed artist Alan Magee, <b>Resistance</b> is powerful fiction with enormous significance for our times.</p><h3>The New York Times - Jeff Turrentine</h3><p>If it's true the author's erudite, well-meaning characters all sound very much alike,

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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.

Author
Lopez, Barry Holstun, 1945-
Publisher
New York: Vintage Books
Published
2005
Language
EN
ISBN
9781400076659
Category
work of fiction
Subjects
Literary Fiction, Fiction, Humanities
Rating
3.82 / 5 (270 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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