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Vida (1976)

por Marge Piercy

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Originally published in 1979, this piece of revolutionary fiction is a bestselling author's classic paean to the 1960s. At the center of the novel stands Vida Asch, who has lived underground for almost a decade. Back in the 1960s she was a political star of the exuberant antiwar movement--a red-haired beauty photographed for the pages of "Life" magazine--charismatic, passionate, and totally sure she would prevail. Now, a decade later, Vida is on the run, her star-quality replaced by stubborn courage. As counterpoint to the underground 1970s, Marge Piercy tells the extraordinary tale of the optimistic era, the thousands of people who were members of Students Against the War, and of the handful who formed a fierce group called the Little Red Wagon. Piercy's characters make vivid and comprehensible the desperation, the courage, and the blind rage of a time when action could appear to some to be a more rational choice than the vote.… (más)
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The author preface to the reissue is compelling. She clearly knew her subjects. She captures the life of those living invisibly and those few who connected with them. This would no longer be possible in usa today. ( )
  CharleySweet | Jul 2, 2023 |
Noted during my 1980's attempt to read every book in my small town library.
ETA: Sorting thru my books I decided to read this again since I couldn't remember anything about it. I gave up after the 1st third. Vida is so much in her head, as a guerilla between 'projects' she obsesses about being secretive and misses her last lover. She moves between 'safe houses' and contacts her sister and her organization via code words etc. Yet it is obvious to me she is putting herself at risk by opening up to a young man (a 'kid' who's been on the run for ~a decade as conscientious objector) she's vaguely familiar with. I'm so sure he's sold out and going to betray her. I suppose I could jump ahead to read the ending to see if I'm right. But I guess my life has changed so much in the last 40 years that the tale no longer interests me. There are so many ways to change the world for the better without being destructive (altho the story hasn't yet given me a specific terrorist act she's committed).
Should I save this as a piece of history? No, time to let go and begin to empty my cluttered house. Let some other library decide to commemorate the '60's. ( )
  juniperSun | Dec 4, 2014 |
  VikkiLaw | Apr 4, 2013 |
This novel gave a lot of insight into the inner struggles of the political underground of the late 1960s and 1970, without being too preachy. It demonstrated the violently sexist environment of the anti-war movement from which second wave feminism evolved ( )
1 vota paisley1974 | Sep 5, 2006 |
Marge Piercy is one of my favourite authors and Vida is a great read. ( )
  bhowell | Oct 3, 2010 |
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Originally published in 1979, this piece of revolutionary fiction is a bestselling author's classic paean to the 1960s. At the center of the novel stands Vida Asch, who has lived underground for almost a decade. Back in the 1960s she was a political star of the exuberant antiwar movement--a red-haired beauty photographed for the pages of "Life" magazine--charismatic, passionate, and totally sure she would prevail. Now, a decade later, Vida is on the run, her star-quality replaced by stubborn courage. As counterpoint to the underground 1970s, Marge Piercy tells the extraordinary tale of the optimistic era, the thousands of people who were members of Students Against the War, and of the handful who formed a fierce group called the Little Red Wagon. Piercy's characters make vivid and comprehensible the desperation, the courage, and the blind rage of a time when action could appear to some to be a more rational choice than the vote.

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