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Mexican bolero / Angeles Mastretta ; translated by Ann Wright

By:

Mastretta, Angeles, (1949-)

Contributor(s):

Wright, Ann

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : Penguin Books , 1989Description: 267 p. ; 20 cmISBN:

9780140104172

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

LAS FIC MAS

LOC classification:

PQ7298.23.A795 A7713 1989

Summary: This first novel by Mexico City journalist Mastretta spans the years after the Revolution of 1911 when a succession of rival leaders - e.g., Carranza, Obregon, Zapata - as well as the generals, trade unionists, and peasants settled their differences with bloodshed. In this tumultuous milieu, the novel's high-spirited heroine, Catalina Guzman, age 15, is seduced, charmed and married by the dashingly arrogant 35-year-old General Andres Ascencio. He installs her in a house in Puebla and enlists her to campaign for him. Once elected governor, Andres puts Cati in charge of charities, from orphans to prisoners. She bears two children and learns about her husband's other life - his infidelities, his smiling hypocrisy and cruelty, his reputation as a killer to further his fortunes. But Cati herself, as Andres puts it, is strong enough to have been a politician ``if she were a man. At last Cati seizes control of her fate with a move that brings the story to a stunning denouement.

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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. Sala Ingles	LAS FIC MAS (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		023174

Translation of: Arráncame la vida

This first novel by Mexico City journalist Mastretta spans the years after the Revolution of 1911 when a succession of rival leaders - e.g., Carranza, Obregon, Zapata - as well as the generals, trade unionists, and peasants settled their differences with bloodshed. In this tumultuous milieu, the novel's high-spirited heroine, Catalina Guzman, age 15, is seduced, charmed and married by the dashingly arrogant 35-year-old General Andres Ascencio. He installs her in a house in Puebla and enlists her to campaign for him. Once elected governor, Andres puts Cati in charge of charities, from orphans to prisoners. She bears two children and learns about her husband's other life - his infidelities, his smiling hypocrisy and cruelty, his reputation as a killer to further his fortunes. But Cati herself, as Andres puts it, is strong enough to have been a politician ``if she were a man. At last Cati seizes control of her fate with a move that brings the story to a stunning denouement.

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