Gabriel is conceived in October 1967, just as Che Guevara is being buried. Gabriel writes from Seville, where he is planning to celebrate his father's birthday by blowing up a giant iceberg being displayed by the Chilean government at the World's Fair, and himself, his father, and his father's best friend along with it. Composed as a long suicide note from a young Chilean, Gabriel McKenzie, to an American friend, the novel explores the tensions between post-Pinochet Chile and the ideals of the past. In his convoluted but highly entertaining new novel, Ariel Dorfman returns to his favorite subject-not sex, as the suggestive cover and buildings-roman format might lead you to believe, but the author's native Chile. The Nanny and the Iceberg, by Ariel Dorfman. The Nanny and the Iceberg." Retrieved from 2001 Organization of American States 16 May. MLA style: "The Nanny and the Iceberg." The Free Library.
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