Prologue for Paulina = 1
1. The Demise of Paulina's Good: from Personal Revenge to State Punishment = 12
2. The Demonizing of Revenge = 24
3. Language, Violence, and Oppression = 38
4. What Can Stories Do? = 52
5. Telling Stories in a Search for Justice: The Argentinian, Chilean, and Salvadoran Truth Commissions = 74
6. Telling Stories in a Search for More Than Justice: The South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission = 105
7. The Truth Must Dazzle Gradually = 118
Notes = 129
Bibliography = 163
Index = 173
Acknowledgments 179
1. The Demise of Paulina's Good: from Personal Revenge to State Punishment = 12
2. The Demonizing of Revenge = 24
3. Language, Violence, and Oppression = 38
4. What Can Stories Do? = 52
5. Telling Stories in a Search for Justice: The Argentinian, Chilean, and Salvadoran Truth Commissions = 74
6. Telling Stories in a Search for More Than Justice: The South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission = 105
7. The Truth Must Dazzle Gradually = 118
Notes = 129
Bibliography = 163
Index = 173
Acknowledgments 179