{"product_id":"portrait-of-an-exile-by-andrew-graham-yooll","title":"'Portrait of an Exile' by Andrew Graham-Yooll","description":"\u003ch4 data-start=\"48\" data-end=\"569\"\u003eWritten after the author's own forced departure from Argentina following the military coup, \u003cem data-start=\"140\" data-end=\"162\"\u003ePortrait of an Exile\u003c\/em\u003e sits somewhere between memoir, reportage and political history.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"48\" data-end=\"569\"\u003eGraham-Yooll writes from the position of someone suspended between countries, tracing not only the practical realities of exile but the quieter transformations of memory, language, friendship and belonging. Alongside these reflections are sharply observed sketches of life under dictatorship and among the scattered Argentine diaspora.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"571\" data-end=\"984\"\u003eFull of letters, restaurants, conversations, bureaucracies, homesickness and the recognition that displacement is as much emotional as geographical, it is a thoughtful and increasingly uncommon account of Argentina's Dirty War, viewed through lived experience rather than retrospective history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1011\" data-end=\"1164\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRare. First paperback edition, Junction Books. Light rubbing and shelf wear to the covers with a crease to the lower corner; internally clean and firmly bound.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bower books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45804227756115,"sku":null,"price":25.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/Yourparagraphtext-2026-07-10T153819.431.png?v=1783661918","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/portrait-of-an-exile-by-andrew-graham-yooll","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}