Massacre in Mexico [Paperback]

Elena Poniatowska (Author), Helen R. Lane (Translator), Octavio Paz (Introduction)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0826208177 | ISBN-13: 978-0826208170 | Publication Date: December 1, 1991

Now available in paper is Elena Poniatowska's gripping account of the massacre of student protesters by police at the 1968 Olympic Games, which Publishers Weekly claimed "makes the campus killings at Kent State and Jackson State in 1970 pale by comparison."

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Poniatowska reports on the massacre of 325 unarmed Mexican students who were peacefully protesting police repression one week prior to the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City. PW called this ``heartbreaking. . . . A massive chronicle that builds to the night of the Tlatelolco massacre in an accumulation of skillfully crosscut eyewitness accounts.'' Photos.

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Review

"Heartbreaking. . . . A massive chronicle that builds to the night of the Tlatelolco massacre in an accumulation of skillfully crosscut eyewitness accounts."--Publishers Weekly

"Massacre in Mexico is a monument of a work. By turns pathetic and enraging, lyrical and humorous, this 'collage' of 'voices bearing historical witness,' as the author has described it, offers a steady gaze into Mexico's soul."--The News, Mexico City

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 14 and up
  
• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: University of Missouri (December 1, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0826208177
• ISBN-13: 978-0826208170
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #301,352 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Forty years later and it's not over..., July 2, 2008

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Michael J. Snyder (San Antonio, Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Massacre in Mexico (Paperback)

If you are interested in Mexico, deeply interested, this is an important book by Elena Poniatowska, one of the country's most distinguished writers. Four decades later, in the midst of a bloody drug war rife with accusations of military human rights abuses, torture and assassinations, the questions surrounding the 1968 massacre at Tlatelolco persist.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars HeartBreaking, April 1, 2010

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Leslie Rodriguez (NY, NY) - See all my reviews

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The literature Massacre in Mexico is a unique kind of animal. It does not try to make the reader fall in love with a swooping storyline or care for any deep multi-faceted characters, as it is a collaboration of first-hand accounts of one of Mexico's most horrifying tragedies. It instead confuses and bewilders with details that contradict its own government statement regarding the horrors of October 1968 Student Movement massacre. Readers may be alarmed at Elena Poniatowaska's tone as it portrays the government as a body that rolls out conspiracies as easily as it would murder 325 of its unarmed civilians. The students attempted to peacefully demonstrate against nation's one-party government and lack of political freedom.

3 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars interesting topic, but okay book, May 13, 2008

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This is the best book I have found on this topic. However, the interviews get a little boring. I actually never made it to the end of the book because it was getting redundant. I would like someone to write about this topic in a more narrative form.