Hasta No Verte Jesus Mio

Name: Hasta No Verte Jesus Mio
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ISBN: 9780142001226

ISBN-10: 0142001228

ISBN-13: 9780142001226

Edition: N/A

Authors: Elena Poniatowska, Elena Poniatowska

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Jesusa is a tough, fiery character based on a real working-class Mexican woman whose life spanned some of the seminal events of early twentieth-century Mexican history. Having joined a cavalry unit during the Mexican Revolution, she finds herself at the Revolution's end in Mexico City, far from her native Oaxaca, abandoned by her husband and working menial jobs. So begins Jesusa's long history of encounters with the police and struggles against authority. Mystical yet practical, undaunted by hardship, Jesusa faces the obstacles in her path with gritty determination. Here in its first English translation, Elena Poniatowska's rich, sensitive, and compelling blend of documentary and fiction…

Book details

List price: $16.00
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Publication date: 11/26/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 5.00" wide x 7.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English

Elena Poniatowska is the author of more than forty works, including the classic Massacre in Mexico and the novels Dear Diego and Tinisima (FSG, 1996). She lives in Mexico City.