The book of lamentations / Rosario Castellanos ; translated by Esther Allen ; introduction by Alma Guillermoprieto.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Castellanos, Rosario.

Contributor:

Allen, Esther, 1962-

Guillermoprieto, Alma, 1949-

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Oficio de tinieblas. English

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Tzotzil Indians--Fiction.

Tzotzil Indians.

Chiapas (Mexico)--Fiction.

Chiapas (Mexico).

Genre:

Fiction.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xiii, 400 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Marsilio Publishing ; St. Paul, MN : Distributed in the U.S. by Consortium Book Sales and Distribution, [1996]

Summary:

With the panoramic sweep of a Diego Rivera mural, The Book of Lamentations weaves together dozens of characters, plot lines, and perspectives in a tour-de-force of narrative structure that builds to an inexorable conclusion as unflinching as it is devastating. Based on episodes from actual Maya uprisings of 1712 and 1868, which are transposed in time to the 1930's, the novel merges a wealth of historical information and local detail into a vision of the nature of oppression that is universal in scope.

Local Notes:

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.

ISBN:

1568860382

OCLC:

36076748