Kissing the virgin's mouth : a novel
Gershten, Donna M. , 1953-
Kissing the virgin's mouth : a novel / Donna M. Gershten. - 1st ed. - New York : HarperCollins , c2001. - 228 p. ; 22 cm.
"Kissing the Virgin's Mouth is the fictional memoir of Guadalupe Magdalena Molina V?squez -- wife, scoundrel, courtesan, and mother. In a world where gender and class roles are unbending, and religion predominant, Magda creates a philosophy of life that she can thrive in, a religion of cynical optimism, pragmatism, and determined gratitude. The invincible yet fallible Magda climbs from the poor barrio of a coastal Mexican town to American affluence, from wide-eyed childhood to worldly courtesan life, from full-blooded youth to oncoming blindness. Selected as the first winner of Barbara Kingsolver's Bellwether Prize, "Kissing the Virgin's Mouth is a beautifully written, lyrical first novel that offers a rare window into another culture. Its irresistible heroine takes the reader into her Mexican world and the experience is unforgettable. Barbara Kingsolver founded the Bellwether Prize in support of a literature of social change. In her words, Donna Gershten's novel has "the kind of political boldness and complexity we're hoping to promote with this prize. It sets a standard for what we're defining as a literature of social responsibility."
9780060185671
00061407
Women----Mexico----Fiction
Mothers and daughters----Fiction
Poor women----Fiction
Mexico----Fiction
Domestic fiction
PS3557.E725 / K57 2001
FIC GER
Kissing the virgin's mouth : a novel / Donna M. Gershten. - 1st ed. - New York : HarperCollins , c2001. - 228 p. ; 22 cm.
"Kissing the Virgin's Mouth is the fictional memoir of Guadalupe Magdalena Molina V?squez -- wife, scoundrel, courtesan, and mother. In a world where gender and class roles are unbending, and religion predominant, Magda creates a philosophy of life that she can thrive in, a religion of cynical optimism, pragmatism, and determined gratitude. The invincible yet fallible Magda climbs from the poor barrio of a coastal Mexican town to American affluence, from wide-eyed childhood to worldly courtesan life, from full-blooded youth to oncoming blindness. Selected as the first winner of Barbara Kingsolver's Bellwether Prize, "Kissing the Virgin's Mouth is a beautifully written, lyrical first novel that offers a rare window into another culture. Its irresistible heroine takes the reader into her Mexican world and the experience is unforgettable. Barbara Kingsolver founded the Bellwether Prize in support of a literature of social change. In her words, Donna Gershten's novel has "the kind of political boldness and complexity we're hoping to promote with this prize. It sets a standard for what we're defining as a literature of social responsibility."
9780060185671
00061407
Women----Mexico----Fiction
Mothers and daughters----Fiction
Poor women----Fiction
Mexico----Fiction
Domestic fiction
PS3557.E725 / K57 2001
FIC GER
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