A young girl recounts her girlhood and eventual marriage to a general of the Mexican revolution. by one of the most outstanding writers of the new feminist Mexican literature, it is at once a haunting novel of one woman's life and a powerful account of post-revolutionary Mexico from a female perspective.
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A young girl recounts her girlhood and eventual marriage to a general of the Mexican revolution. by one of the most outstanding writers of the new feminist Mexican literature, it is at once a haunting novel of one woman's life and a powerful account of post-revolutionary Mexico from a female perspective.
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Passionate Women... Beware!,
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This review is from: Arráncame la vida (Paperback)
This book gives the reader an insight into what it's like to be a woman from the heart, the mind and the belly. Just as it makes you laugh on one page and cry on another, it will also make you so angry you'll stay up at night... angry at her, angry at her husband and angry at yourself because you find something likeable in the horrible husband of this likeable woman. I loved it!
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This review is from: Arráncame la vida (Paperback)
Very good book. Although some other people that have reviewed this book might not have noticed it, this is actually the story of part of the life of Maximino Avila Camacho, governor of the state of Puebla during the forties and called Andrés Ascencio in the story. Other important people mantioned are: Mexican tycoon Emilio Azcárraga Milmo (Milito), owner of Televisa (Mexico's biggest TV company), and Manuel Avila Camacho, Maximino's brother who was president of Mexico during the mid/late 40's. I know all this because I come from Puebla, just like the author of the book. I even know some of her relatives!
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Arrancame La Vida,
By Frauke de Muñoz (Panama City, Republic of Panama) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Arráncame la vida (Paperback)
First of all sorry for my poor English. I am German but grew up in Costa Rica and now in Panama. Angeles Mastretta has that writing style that wont let you stop reading until you reach the end. Historically speaking you learn what in a certain sense you already know. Militarism in Latin America. Its hidden horrors still continue today in many of our LA countries. The time of Zapata was no different though always interesting to refresh. Besides, Angeles Mastretta has the abilily of describing everyday life as I had never read before. She will also keep you alert, awake, and interested through the whole book, every single page. I have read her 3 books. Mujeres de Ojos Grandes, Mal de Amores y Arráncame la Vida. All of them deserve 5 stars. I hope she will continue writing, or if she has written something else, I hope Amazon will sell it. Frauke Schnell de Muñoz
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