Tear This Heart Out

by Margaret Sayers Peden; Angeles Mastretta

In the years after the Mexican revolution, an adolescent girl named Catalina marries a retired army general 20 years older than she, with whom she is passionately in love. After their marriage, she discovers the truth of his ruthless character, and struggles for her own personal independence in a newly independent country.

Available editions of Tear This Heart Out

	9781573226028, Paperback, Berkley Pub Group, 1997 $7.00 (Very Good) Other copies of 9781573226028

Publisher Notes

An extraordinary tale of love set in the tumultuous years following the Mexican revolution, this #1 Latin American bestseller follows the irresistible Catalina Guzman, a guileless adolescent who leaves her poor parents to marry a retired general almost 20 years her senior. When he proves to be ruthless and unfaithful, she begins a fight for independence, a journey toward liberation that will transform her from child to woman.

Synopses

"Excellent, highly colloquial translation of Arrâancame la vida (see HLAS 48:5193), set in post-revolutionary Mexico. Peden has created a sparkling, irreverent Catalina, Mastretta's first-person protagonist who narrates her coming of age through a marriage to a retired general much older than herself. No background information. For historical introduction, see Ann Wright's translation of this novel, Mexican bolero (HLAS 54:5031)"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

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