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The Underdogs: A Novel of the Mexican Revolution

The Underdogs: A Novel of the Mexican Revolution - Paperback

by Mariano Azuela
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Availability:In StockContributor:Mariano Azuela, Carlos Fuentes (Foreword by), Sergio Waisman (Translator)Series:Penguin ClassicsAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2008-08-01Pages:176
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin ClassicsISBN-13:9780143105275ISBN-10:143105272UPC:9780143105275Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Historical, Literary, War & MilitarySize:7.60 x 5.00 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.2998Product ID:SCKB48JABE
The greatest novel of the Mexican Revolution, in a brilliant new translation by an award-winning translator

The Underdogs is the first great novel about the first great revolution of the twentieth century. Demetrio Macias, a poor, illiterate Indian, must join the rebels to save his family. Courageous and charismatic, he earns a generalship in Pancho Villa's army, only to become discouraged with the cause after it becomes hopelessly factionalized. At once a spare, moving depiction of the limits of political idealism, an authentic representation of Mexico's peasant life, and a timeless portrait of revolution, The Underdogs is an iconic novel of the Latin American experience and a powerful novel about the disillusionment of war.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin ClassicsISBN-13:9780143105275ISBN-10:143105272UPC:9780143105275Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Historical, Literary, War & MilitarySize:7.60 x 5.00 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.2998Product ID:SCKB48JABE
Mariano Azuela (1873-1952) studied medicine in Guadalajara and served during the revolution as a doctor with the forces of Pancho Villa, which gave him firsthand exposure to the events and characters that appear in The Underdogs.

Sergio Waisman (translator, notes) is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Translation Award and is a professor of Spanish at George Washington University in Washington, D.C.

Carlos Fuentes (1928-2012, foreword) is the author of more than twenty books and the recipient of many awards, including Mexico's National Prize in Literature, the Cervantes Prize, and the inaugural Latin Civilization Award.
Publisher: Penguin Classics

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Mariano Azuela, Carlos Fuentes (Foreword by), Sergio Waisman (Translator)

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Mariano Azuela

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