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Publisher
University of Texas Press
Pub. Date
[1963]
Language
English
Description
A novel of social realism set in a small Roman Catholic village near Guadalajara, Mexico, a few months before the Revolution of 1910. The novel is a study of the emotional and sexual repression of a society in turmoil as traditional bonds break down in an atmosphere charged with violence, murder, and loss.
2) Dreamtigers
Author
Series
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Pub. Date
[1964]
Language
English
Description
Poems, stories, and sketches by an Argentinian writer and librarian, director of the National Library of Argentina.
Author
Series
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Pub. Date
[1969]
Language
English
Description
This remarkable first novel depicts life in the small Mexican town of Ixtepec during the grim days of the Revolution. The town tells its own story against a variegated background of political change, religious persecution, and social unrest. Elena Garro, who has also won a high reputation as a playwright, is a masterly storyteller.
Author
Series
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Pub. Date
[1972]
Language
English
Description
The years 1913-1920 were the most critical years of the Mexican Revolution. This study of the period, a sequel to the author's “Mexican Revolution: Genesis under Madero”, traces Mexico's course through the anguish of civil war to the establishment of a tenuous new government, the codification of revolutionary aspirations in a remarkable constitution, and the emergence of an activist leadership determined to propel Mexico into the select company...
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English
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The acclaimed author of García Márquez delivers "a compulsively readable account of the life and works of our greatest . . . writer of fantasy" (New York Daily News).
Since its first publication in 1981, Borges and His Fiction has introduced the life and works of this Argentinian master-writer to an entire generation of students, high school and college teachers, and general readers. Responding to a steady demand for an updated edition, Gene...
Author
Series
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Pub. Date
1982.
Language
English
Description
A history and analysis of the United States' involvement in the deposition of Guatemalan President Jacobo Árbenz and the consequences.
Using documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, recently opened archival collections, and interviews with the actual participants, Immerman provides us with a definitive, powerfully written, and tension-packed account of the United States' clandestine operations in Guatemala and their consequences...
14) The three Marias
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Publisher
University of Texas Press
Pub. Date
1985, ©1963
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Pub. Date
1992.
Language
English
Description
""Julius was born in a mansion on Salaverry Avenue, directly across from the old San Felipe Hippodrome." Life-size Disney characters and cowboy movie heroes romp across the walls of his nursery. Out in the carriage house, his great-grandfather's ornate, moldering carriage takes him on imaginary adventures. But Julius' father is dead, and his beautiful young mother passes through her children's lives like an ephemeral shooting star. Despite the soft...
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Publisher
University of Texas Press
Pub. Date
1994.
Language
English
Description
Mexico has a rich literary heritage that extends back over centuries to the Aztec and Mayan civilizations. This major new reference work surveys more than five hundred years of Mexican literature from a sociocultural perspective. More than merely a catalog of names and titles, it examines in detail the literary phenomena that constitute Mexico's most significant and original contributions to literature. Recognizing that no one scholar can authoritatively...
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