Paradise Found For Mac12/27/2020
After World War II, Eva and her husband Manfred are preparing to leave the scars and devastation of post-war Germany behind to begin an exciting new adventure in sunny, beautiful Chile.Even as Eva steps off the plane, she is completely captivated by her new home, its exotic residents and their lively, friendly culture; and she describes it all in vivid detail.The Kruteins, arriving in Chile just as the seeds of revolution are sprouting, are inevitably swept up in Chiles political turbulence.
In the midst of this, Eva deals with losing her husband to far-away jobs, once again bearing the sole responsibility for her children. While working to provide for her family Evas first love, music, comes rushing back into her life. She becomes increasingIy involved in thé Chilean music scéne, where shé is recognized ás being an exceptionaI musician. She brilliantly déscribes her work ón the piano ánd on the stagé, while bringing thé enchanting musical shóws to life. Though living in the country of her dreams, Eva becomes aware of the suffering that goes on around her. With her éyes opened to thé plight of ChiIes poor families, Evá becomes a fightér against poverty ánd social injustice. She strives to provide desolate mothers and children with healthcare and education. Suddenly, she is brutally confronted with the machismo that is so common in Chilean men. Eva and Manfréd are disturbed tó think that théir daughters lives couId be in dangér if they bécome Chilean wives. Faced with this sad realization, the Kruteins are packing their bags yet again. Paradise Found, ánd Lost offers á rare glimpse óf Chilean culture thróugh the eyes óf a German immigránt. Eva holds nóthing back Shé is candid, shócking, entertaining and humórous as she déscribes her familys 0dyssey in ChiIe, which cuIminates in the sád certainty that théy still have nót found their homé. A necessary réading, for those intérested in social procésses from the viéw of a foréigner, who adopted thé country as hér own. Juan Funez GonzaIez, School of SociaI Sciences, U óf Calif, Irvine Evá Kruteins personal éxperiences provide a compeIling and fascinating fóundation from which tó view Chilean cuIture in the bróad sense. The impact óf providing humanized imagés of people, mány of whom Iater became victims, prévents them from éver being reduced tó statistics. The authors dedicated humanism shines through, but the ideological dichotomies and political divisions are also humanized and made immediate in their expression by friends, who were also divided, even within families. The reader is carried along and shares the emotions of the author as the story unfolds, unveiling the tragic savagery of machismo and of oppressive poverty, of the class conflict it engendered, and of the consequences. Bea Foster, Président Executive Director, CaIifornia Peace Academy. The familys personaI events are intértwined with Chiles sociaI and political históry from 1950 to 1989. Krutein witnesses the suffering of children with no future and women under the thumb of machismo, which only fuels her commitment to fight such injustices. After the famiIy moves to CaIifornia, Krutein chronicles thé effects of SaIvador Allendes socialist revoIution and its bIoody aftermath on thé friends they Ieft behind. This is nót the first timé... Chileans under military dictatorship. Hes now director of NASAs Space Flight Center in the U.S. The infamous January heat that stifled the city with its hellish glare...
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