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Contents Acknowledgments / ix Introduction / xi Chapter One Lifting the Weight of Terror: Disembodiment in Alina Diaconú’s El penúltimo viaje /  Chapter Two Surviving Terror: Mourning Loss in Manuela Fingueret’s Hija del silencio / 25 Chapter Three Going Home: Returning from Exile in Luisa Valenzuela’s La travesía / 47 Chapter Four (Un)romancing Mexico: Sexual Healing in Sara Sefchovich’s Demasiado amor / 77 Chapter Five Crossing with an Angel: Spiritual Cure in Laura Restrepo’s Dulce compañía / 9 Chapter Six No Way Home: Traumatic Returns in Ana Castillo’s The Mixquiahuala Letters / 49 Epilogue / 73 Notes / 77 Bibliography / 95 Index / 209 fahey.indd 7 8/10/07 10:13:15 AM fahey.indd 8 8/10/07 10:13:15 AM ...

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