Leaving Tabasco

Author : Carmen Boullosa
Publisher : Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2007-12-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781555846022

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Leaving Tabasco by Carmen Boullosa Pdf

A young woman encounters strange events in her Mexican hometown in this novel by an author who “immerses us...in her wickedly funny and imaginative world” (Latina). Leaving Tabasco tells of the coming of age of Delmira Ulloa, raised in an all-female home in Agustini, in the Mexican province of Tabasco. In Agustini it is not unusual to see your grandmother float above the bed when she sleeps, or to purchase torrential rains at a traveling fair, or to watch your family’s elderly serving woman develop stigmata, then disappear completely, to be canonized as a local saint. But as Delmira becomes a woman, she will set out on a search for her missing father, and must make a choice that could mean leaving her home forever, in a tale filled with both depth and delightful mystery that poses questions about just how real the real world is. “To flee Agustini is to leave not just a town but the viscerally primal dreamscape it represents.”— The New York Times Book Review “Vibrant...Each chapter is an adventure.”—The Boston Globe “We happily share with [Delmira] her life, including the infinitely charming town she inhabits [and] her grandmother’s fantastic imagination.”—The Washington Post Book World

Author : Carmen Boullosa
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2002-05
Category : Mexico
ISBN : 1843540029

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Leaving Tabasco by Carmen Boullosa Pdf

Author : Will H. Corral,Juan E. De Castro,Nicholas Birns
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-26
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781441142450

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The Contemporary Spanish-American Novel by Will H. Corral,Juan E. De Castro,Nicholas Birns Pdf

The Contemporary Spanish-American Novel provides an accessible introduction to an important World literature. While many of the authors covered-Aira, Bolaño, Castellanos Moya, Vásquez-are gaining an increasing readership in English and are frequently taught, there is sparse criticism in English beyond book reviews. This book provides the guidance necessary for a more sophisticated and contextualized understanding of these authors and their works. Underestimated or unfamiliar Spanish American novels and novelists are introduced through conceptually rigorous essays. Sections on each writer include: *the author's reception in their native country, Spanish America, and Spain *biographical history *a critical examination of their work, including key themes and conceptual concerns *translation history *scholarly reception The Contemporary Spanish-American Novel offers an authoritative guide to a rich and varied novelistic tradition. It covers all demographic areas, including United States Latino authors, in exploring the diversity of this literature and its major themes, such as exile, migration, and gender representation.

Author : Cristina Santos
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2016-12-07
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781498529648

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Unbecoming Female Monsters by Cristina Santos Pdf

This book traces the construct of female monsters as an embodiment of sociocultural fears of female sexuality and reproductive power. It examines the female maturation cycle and the archetypes of female monsters associated with each stage of development in literature, art, film, and television with a particular focus on Latin American work.

Author : Nicole Mones
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0547053738

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The Last Chinese Chef by Nicole Mones Pdf

This exhilarating story is the transporting tale of how the sensual, romantic elements of haute Chinese cuisine become the perfect ingredients to lift the troubled soul of a grieving American woman.

Author : Tom Robbins
Publisher : Bantam
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2003-06-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780553897906

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Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates by Tom Robbins Pdf

“As clever and witty a novel as anyone has written in a long time . . . Robbins takes readers on a wild, delightful ride. . . . A delight from beginning to end.”—Buffalo News Switters is a contradiction for all seasons: an anarchist who works for the government; a pacifist who carries a gun; a vegetarian who sops up ham gravy; a cyberwhiz who hates computers; a man who, though obsessed with the preservation of innocence, is aching to deflower his high-school-age stepsister (only to become equally enamored of a nun ten years his senior). Yet there is nothing remotely wishy-washy about Switters. He doesn’t merely pack a pistol. He is a pistol. And as we dog Switters’s strangely elevated heels across four continents, in and out of love and danger, discovering in the process the “true” Third Secret of Fatima, we experience Tom Robbins—that fearless storyteller, spiritual renegade, and verbal break dancer—at the top of his game. On one level this is a fast-paced CIA adventure story with comic overtones; on another it’s a serious novel of ideas that brings the Big Picture into unexpected focus; but perhaps more than anything else, Fierce Invalids is a sexy celebration of language and life. Praise for Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates “Superb.”—New York Post “Dangerous? Wicked? Forbidden? You bet. . . . Pour yourself a bowl of chips and dig in.”—Daily News, New York “Robbins is a great writer . . . and definitely a provocative rascal.”—The Tennessean “Whoever said truth is stranger than fiction never read a Tom Robbins novel. . . Clever, creative, and witty, Robbins tosses off impassioned observations like handfuls of flower petals.”—San Diego Union-Tribune

Author : Carmen Boullosa
Publisher : Coffee House Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2020-04-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1566895774

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The Book of Anna by Carmen Boullosa Pdf

Russia, 1905. Behind the gates of the Karenin Palace, Sergei, son of Anna Karenina, meets Tolstoy in his dreams and finds reminders of his mother everywhere: the almost-living portrait that the Tsar intends to acquire and the opium-infused manuscripts she wrote just before her death, one of which opens a trapdoor to a wild feminist fairytale. Across the city, Clementine, an anarchist seamstress, and Father Gapón, the charismatic leader of the proletariat, tip the country ever closer to revolution. Boullosa lifts the voices of coachmen, sailors, maids, and seamstresses in this playful, polyphonic, and subversive revision of the Russian revolution, told through the lens of Tolstoy’s most beloved work.

Author : Josie Méndez-Negrete
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2006-09-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780822388395

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Las hijas de Juan by Josie Méndez-Negrete Pdf

Las hijas de Juan shatters the silence surrounding experiences of incest within a working-class Mexican American family. Both a feminist memoir and a hopeful meditation on healing, it is Josie Méndez-Negrete’s story of how she and her siblings and mother survived years of violence and sexual abuse at the hands of her father. Méndez-Negrete was born in Mexico, in the state of Zacatecas. She recalls a joyous childhood growing up in the midst of Tabasco, a vibrant town filled with extended family. Her father, though, had dreams of acquiring wealth in el norte. He worked sun-up to sun-down in the fields of south Texas. Returning home to Mexico, his pockets full of dollars, he spent evenings drinking and womanizing. When Méndez-Negrete was eleven, her father moved the family to the United States, where they eventually settled in California’s Santa Clara Valley. There her father began molesting his daughters, viciously beating them and their mother. Within the impoverished immigrant family, the abuse continued for years, until a family friend brought it to the attention of child welfare authorities. Méndez-Negrete’s father was tried, convicted, and imprisoned. Las hijas de Juan is told chronologically, from the time Méndez-Negrete was a child until she was a young adult trying, along with the rest of her family, to come to terms with her father’s brutal legacy. It is a harrowing story of abuse and shame compounded by cultural and linguistic isolation and a system of patriarchy that devalues the experiences of women and girls. At the same time, Las hijas de Juan is an inspiring tale, filled with strong women and hard-won solace found in traditional Mexican cooking, songs, and storytelling.

Author : Juris Dilevko,Keren Dali,Glenda Garbutt
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2011-03-17
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781598849097

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Contemporary World Fiction by Juris Dilevko,Keren Dali,Glenda Garbutt Pdf

This much-needed guide to translated literature offers readers the opportunity to hear from, learn about, and perhaps better understand our shrinking world from the perspective of insiders from many cultures and traditions. In a globalized world, knowledge about non-North American societies and cultures is a must. Contemporary World Fiction: A Guide to Literature in Translation provides an overview of the tremendous range and scope of translated world fiction available in English. In so doing, it will help readers get a sense of the vast world beyond North America that is conveyed by fiction titles from dozens of countries and language traditions. Within the guide, approximately 1,000 contemporary non-English-language fiction titles are fully annotated and thousands of others are listed. Organization is primarily by language, as language often reflects cultural cohesion better than national borders or geographies, but also by country and culture. In addition to contemporary titles, each chapter features a brief overview of earlier translated fiction from the group. The guide also provides in-depth bibliographic essays for each chapter that will enable librarians and library users to further explore the literature of numerous languages and cultural traditions.

Author : Frederick Albion Ober
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1883
Category : Aztecs
ISBN : PSU:000009626881

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Young Folk's History of Mexico by Frederick Albion Ober Pdf

Author : George Cubitt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1848
Category : Explorers
ISBN : OXFORD:590274996

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Cortes: Or, The Discovery and Conquest of Mexico by George Cubitt Pdf

Author : Frederick Albion Ober
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2024-02-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783385352667

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Young Folks' History of Mexico by Frederick Albion Ober Pdf

Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1943
Category : Consular reports
ISBN : UIUC:30112077134671

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Foreign Commerce Weekly by Anonim Pdf

Author : George CUBITT (Wesleyan Minister.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1848
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0020422842

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Cortes: or, the Discovery and conquest of Mexico by George CUBITT (Wesleyan Minister.) Pdf

Author : Terry Rugeley
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2014-09-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780804793124

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The River People in Flood Time by Terry Rugeley Pdf

The River People in Flood Time tells the astonishing story of how the people of nineteenth-century Tabasco, Mexico, overcame impossible odds to expel foreign interventions. Tabascans resisted control by Mexico City, overcame the grip of a Cuban adventurer who seized the region for two years, turned back the United States Navy, and defeated the French Intervention of the early 1860s, thus remaining free territory while the rest of the nation struggled for four painful years under the imposed monarchy of Maximilian. With colorful anecdotes and biographical sketches, this deeply researched and masterfully written history reconstructs the lives and culture of the Tabascans, as well as their pre-Columbian and colonial past. Rugeley reveals how over the centuries, one colorful character after another sets foot on the Tabascan stage, only to be undone by climate, disease, and more than anything else, tenacious Tabascan resistance. Virtually the only English-language study of this little-known province, River People in Flood Time explores the ways in which geography, climate, and social relationships contributed to an extraordinarily successful defense against unwelcome meddling from the outside world. River People in Flood Time demonstrates the complex relationship between imperial forces in relation to remote parts of Latin America, and the way that resistance to external pressure helped mold the thoughts, attitudes, and actions of those remote peoples. Nineteenth-century Mexico was more a land of localities than a unified nation, and Rugeley's narrative paints an indelible portrait of one of its least known and most unique provinces.