The underdogs
/ Mariano Azuela
- New York : Penguin Books , 2008
- 148 p. ; 20 cm.
Original title: "Los de Abajo".
With revolution sweeping the Mexican countryside, Demetrio Macías, a poor, illiterate Indian, is forced to join the rebels in order to save his family. His courage and charisma earn him important friends - and a generalship in the army of the legendary Pancho Villa - but in the face of mounting defeats and increasing factionalism, Demetrio begins to feel estranged from the cause.