The Book of Lamentations
Rosario Castellanos
The Book of Lamentations - Penguin Classics - 400 pages
A masterpiece of contemporary Latin American fiction, Rosario Castellanos' Book of Lamentations tells of an uprising of Mayan Indians in the Mexican state of Chiapas. Based on episodes from actual Mayan uprisings in 1712 and 1868, the novel merges a wealth of historical information and local detail into a vision of the nature of oppression that is universal in scope.
9780141180038
38356228
89131046
Mexico
PQ7297.C2596
863
The Book of Lamentations - Penguin Classics - 400 pages
A masterpiece of contemporary Latin American fiction, Rosario Castellanos' Book of Lamentations tells of an uprising of Mayan Indians in the Mexican state of Chiapas. Based on episodes from actual Mayan uprisings in 1712 and 1868, the novel merges a wealth of historical information and local detail into a vision of the nature of oppression that is universal in scope.
9780141180038
38356228
89131046
Mexico
PQ7297.C2596
863