Calling all heroes : a manual for taking power / Paco Ignacio Taibo II ; translated by Gregory Nipper.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Taibo, Paco Ignacio, II, 1949-

Contributor:

Nipper, Gregory.

Series:

Found in translation

Standardized Title:

Héroes convocados. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Student movements--Mexico--History--20th century--Fiction.

Student movements.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (129 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Oakland, Calif. : PM Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The euphoric idealism of grassroots reform and the tragic reality of revolutionary failure are at the center of this speculative novel that opens with a real historical event. On October 2, 1968, 10 days before the Summer Olympics in Mexico, the Mexican government responds to a student demonstration in Tlatelolcothe by firing into the crowd, killing more than 200 students and civilians and wounding hundreds more. The massacre does not receive much international attention and though many students are detained, no officials are held accountable. The story then skips ahead two years to a hospital in Mexico City and introduces Nestor, a fictional journalist who witnessed the shootings at Tlatelolcothe. He has been admitted to the hospital for a knife wound, and as he lies in bed, his fevered imagination goes back to the day of the riot. In his delirious state, he becomes so desperate he calls on the heroes of his youth—Sherlock Holmes, Doc Holliday, Wyatt Earp, and D'Artagnan among them—to join him in launching a new movement of reform.

Contents:

Cover

Dedication

Note

I. If You Weren't Here,Where Would You Be?

The Others' Version: A as in Accident

II. General Without an Army

The Others' Version: B as in Biography

III. Interview

The Others' Version: C as in Context

IV. The Decision to Appeal to the Heroes

The Others' Version: D as in Documents

V. Liliana, General Headquarters,Letters and Telegrams

The Others' Version: E as in Examination

VI. Shadows and Answers

The Others' Version: F as in Fiesta

VII. A Question, Several Questions

The Others' Version: G as in Grab

VIII. The Arrival of the Characters and the Doubts of the Host

The Others' Version: H as in Hunches

IX. Strategy, Infirmary, and Mau Mau

The Others' Version: I as in Inertia

X. Momentous Meeting inthe Hospital Room

The Others' Version: J as in Justification

XI. Concerning the Insurrection

The Others' Version: K as in Kulture

XII. Concerning the Insurrection (II)

The Others' Version: L as in Legend

XIII. Judicial Police and Musketeers

The Others' Version: M as in Movement (The Following Year, Told Another Year Later)

XIV. Concerning the Insurrection (III)

The Others' Version: N as in Novels

XV. Organized Forces and Those Who Go It Alone

The Others' Version: O as in Outcasts

XVI. To Return

Appendix One: Clarifications About Some Characters

Appendix Two: Clarifications About a Moment

About the Author

About the Translator

About PM Press

Friends of PM Press.

Notes:

Translation of: Heroes convocados.

ISBN:

1-60486-409-5

OCLC:

748362415