Where the bird sings best / Alejandro Jodorowsky.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jodorowsky, Alejandro, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jodorowsky, Alejandro.

Authors, Mexican--20th century--Biography.

Authors, Mexican.

Actors.

Theatrical producers and directors.

Chile.

Mexico.

Authors, Chilean--20th century--Biography.

Authors, Chilean.

Theatrical producers and directors--Mexico--Biography.

Theatrical producers and directors--Chile--Biography.

Actors--Chile--Biography.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

386 pages : 1 genealogy chart illustration ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : Restless Books, 2014.

Summary:

In this wildly imaginative, powerfully moving, "psychomagical" autobiography-cum-novel, Alejandro Jodorowsky tells the story of how his Ukrainian Jewish grandfather, his fiery wife, Teresa, and their four children moved to Chile under fake passports and assumed Christian identities, with only a half-kopek to their name and no idea how they'd forge their new lives. His book is a visionary family saga filled with ancestors both mythical and real including bee-covered relatives, women who commune with wolves, snake charmers, and militant anarchists. Where the Bird Sings Best owes its title to Jean Cocteau's reflection: "A bird sings best on its family tree."

Contents:

1 My Father's Roots 3

2 My Mother's Roots 41

3 The Farthest Land 89

4 The Promised Pampa 183

5 Jaime and Sara Felicidad 243.

Notes:

Genealogy chart illustration, p. 242.

ISBN:

9781632060280

1632060280

OCLC:

981556712