The mixquiahuala letters
/ Ana Castillo
- New York : Doubleday , 1992, c1986
- 138 p. ; 21 cm
Focusing on the relationship between two fiercely independent women--Teresa, a writer, and Alicia, an artist--this epistolary novel was written as a tribute to Julio Cortázar's Hopscotch and examines Latina forms of love, gender conflict, and female friendship. Ana Castillo's groundbreaking first novel, Is widely studied as a feminist text on the nature of self-conflict.
English
American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation