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020 _a9780141180038
024 _a38356228
050 _aPQ7297.C2596
082 _a863
100 1 _aRosario Castellanos
245 1 _aThe Book of Lamentations
260 _bPenguin Classics
300 _a400 pages
520 _aA 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.
650 _aMexico
999 _c7790
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