His Hands Were Gentle: Selected Lyrics of Víctor JaraHis Hands Were Gentle brings together, for the first time in both Spanish and English, the best of Vctor Jaras lyrics, from early songs like El arado (The Plow) to Estadio Chile (In the Stadium), written in the hours before his execution. For me, Victor was everything an activist musician should be. Emma Thompson As long as we sing his songs, as long as his courage can inspire us to greater courage, Vctor Jara will never die. Pete Seeger, American

the computer and the deposed god

The only print publication of its kind

Secretary-General of the Cultural Foundation of Abu Dhabi

the treasured personal relationships that have sustained him through a turbulent life

An oblong bump in the shirt

speaks clearly and delicately in his work

as do a large cast of aunts

Mourid Barghouti has spent many years in exile

Dannie Abse has contributed hugely to literature in Britain

as well as English

in stanzas echoing the musical scale

guitarist and theatre director