Here's to You, Jesusa!
by Elena Poniatowska
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Publisher's description: Jesusa is a tough, fiery character based on a real working-class Mexican woman whose life spanned some of the seminal events in early twentieth-century Mexican history. Having joined a cavalry unit during the Mexican Revolution, she finds herself at the Revolution's end in Mexico City, far from her native Oaxaca, abandoned by her husband and working menial jobs. So begins Jesusa's long history of encounters with the police and struggles against authority. Mystical show more yet practical, undaunted by hardship, Jesusa faces the obstacles in her path with gritty determination. show lessTags
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Fascinating testimony of a Mexican woman that spans pre-revolution Mexico into Modern Mexico.
Jesusa is a compelling character and tells a great deal about the conflicts in Mexican identity.
Jesusa is a compelling character and tells a great deal about the conflicts in Mexican identity.
I would be mean too if all of that happened to me
Getuigenisliteratuur uit Mexico. Krijgt soms wat van een scheldtirade à la Brusselmans, alleen geëngageerder (dat wil zeggen: met recht en reden, niet nihilistisch). Boeiend portret.
Sep 27, 2008Dutch
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Elena Poniatowska is the author of more than forty works, including the classic Massacre in Mexico and the novels Dear Diego and Tinisima (FSG, 1996). She lives in Mexico City. (Bowker Author Biography)
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- Original title
- Hasta no verte, Jesus mío
- Original publication date
- 1969
- Dedication
- To Bell Chevigny
- First words
- This is my third time back on Earth, but I've never suffered as much as I have now.
Introduction: Over there where Mexico City starts getting smaller, where the streets get lost and are deserted, that's where Jesusa lives. - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Who will there be to miss me? I'm not even going to say goodbye.
- Blurbers
- Cisneros, Sandra; Dorfman, Ariel; Mailer, Norman; Galeano, Eduardo; Lippincott, Robin
- Original language*
- Español
*Some information comes from Common Knowledge in other languages. Click "Edit" for more information.
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- Fiction and Literature, General Fiction
- DDC/MDS
- 863.64 — Literature & rhetoric Spanish Literature Spanish fiction 20th Century 1945-2000
- LCC
- PQ7297 .P63 .H313 — Language and Literature French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese literatures Spanish literature Provincial, local, colonial, etc. Spanish America
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- 311
- Popularity
- 102,402
- Reviews
- 3
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- (3.74)
- Languages
- 5 — Dutch, English, German, Italian, Spanish
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 20
- ASINs
- 5
