The Little School[1][2] is a novel written by Alicia Partnoy,[3] a woman who was "disappeared" during the Dirty War[4] period of the history of Argentina.

[9] Military regimes are not at all unusual in Argentina but those that ruled from 1976 to 1979[10] were unique in the number of civilians, mostly young people, who were kidnapped, jailed, tortured, and/or murdered because of their political beliefs.

[12] Imprisoned without charges, she spent almost a year blindfolded and bound, cut off from friends and family, including her child,[13] until being inexplicably released.

Partnoy's glimpses of her life in prison are understandably disjointed and meandering, but they stand as a record of character and fortitude.

The glimpses of life another prisoner catches through the bottom of the blindfold, where it doesn't quite lay flat against her cheeks.