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Elena Poniatowska : an intimate biography / Michael K. Schuessler ; foreword by Carlos Fuentes

By:

Schuessler, Michael K

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Tucson : University of Arizona Press , c2007.Description: xviii, 269 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:

9780816525010

Uniform titles:

Elenísima . English

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

LAS 92 PON

LOC classification:

PQ7297.P63 Z8413 2007

Contents:

Introduction : "I am moved by desire" -- To live a fairy tale -- University of the street -- "Elenita" : the young writer -- The adobe princess -- Unknown Mexico -- 1968 : the year of Tlatelolco -- Disaster's widow -- From earth to heaven -- Elena : an international treasure (a conclusion of sorts).

Summary: Friend and biographer Schuessler (Spanish and Latin American cultures, Barnard College) lets writer Elena Poniatowska and her peers, elders, and critics tell a great deal of this story in their own words. Born in France and educated in Mexico and the US, Poniatowska authored more than thirty novels and non-fiction accounts and is credited with reviving the testimonial and interview traditions in Mexican literature.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Latin American Studies	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	LAS 92 PON (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		020876

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-258) and index.

"Annotated bibliography : principal works of Elena Poniatowska": p. [259]-262

Friend and biographer Schuessler (Spanish and Latin American cultures, Barnard College) lets writer Elena Poniatowska and her peers, elders, and critics tell a great deal of this story in their own words. Born in France and educated in Mexico and the US, Poniatowska authored more than thirty novels and non-fiction accounts and is credited with reviving the testimonial and interview traditions in Mexican literature.

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