Arrancame La Vida [Import] [Paperback]

Angeles Mastretta (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 238 pages
• Publisher: Editorial Seix Barral, S.A. (May 1992)
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN-10: 8432217506
• ISBN-13: 978-8432217500
• Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 11.6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,847,472 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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28 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Passionate Women... Beware!, September 2, 1999

By A Customer

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!

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Book Description, October 30, 1998

By A Customer

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!

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Arrancame La Vida, March 27, 2002

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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