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dianapharah 's review for:
To the Indomitable Hearts: The Prison Letters of Luciano "Tortuga" Pitronello
by Luciano "Tortuga" Pitronello
reflective
"They seek to castigate and exemplify that by choosing a determined way of life, you will find yourself in the sights of the police, the press, the citizens in the service of power, but if you choose a normal way of life, you may walk in peace. Peacefully? What is peacefully? To crush yourself into a day to day routine of shit that will exhaust your spirit into abandoning a life that means anything? Yes, if for the others this is to live peacefully, well then I prefer to live a libertarian life wildly."
Prison letters to and from a Chilean anarchist, Tortuga, who tried to bomb a bank in 2011 amidst other protests occurring throughout the country but ended with a few fingers less and imprisoned. Whether one agrees or disagrees with his ideological views (and neither stance has to be held in totality), this collection succeeds in humanizing a man painted as a terrorist for daring to escalate easily-spoken words into difficultly-undertaken actions. I was especially amused by his letter about going on an "affection strike" in order to prove his sincerity to a lover; here is a man who bows to no government and no authority, except, apparently, that of his girlfriend. Still, it's a beautiful display of humanity refuting the harshness of our supposed reality yet yielding to the softness love carries, triumphant above all else.