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The Book of Lamentations Paperback - 1998

by Rosario Castellanos

A masterpiece of contemporary Latin American fiction, Rosario Castellanos' Book of Lamentations tells of an uprising of Mayan Indians in the Mexican state of Chiapas. Based on episodes from actual Mayan uprisings in 1712 and 1868, the novel merges a wealth of historical information and local detail into a vision of the nature of oppression that is universal in scope.


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Born in Mexico City in 1925, Rosario Castellanos spent much of her childhood in Comitán, in Mayan southern Mexico. After traveling to Europe and to the United States for advanced study in aesthetics, she returned to the province of Chiapas to work with Indian theater groups and the Indigenous Institute of San Cristóbal. Much of her work, even throughout her involvement with the literary group "The Generation of the '50s," tried to traverse the distance between the pre-Columbian and the European cultural traditions of Mexico. While serving as Mexican ambassador to Israel, Castellanos died in a freak household accident in Tel Aviv. In an irony she might have enjoyed, she was buried in the rotunda of Illustrious Men, in Mexico City.

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  • Title The Book of Lamentations
  • Author Rosario Castellanos
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Open market ed
  • Pages 400
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin Group, New York, N.Y., U.S.A.
  • Date 1998-08-01
  • ISBN 9780141180038 / 014118003X
  • Weight 0.7 lbs (0.32 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.82 x 5.08 x 0.9 in (19.86 x 12.90 x 2.29 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Mexican
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 98011868
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Rosario Castellanos (1925-74) was born Mexico City and spent much of her childhood in Comitn, in Mayan southern Mexico. After traveling to Europe and to the United States for advanced study in aesthetics, she returned to the province of Chiapas to work with Indian theater groups and the Indigenous Institute of San Cristbal. Much of her work, even throughout her involvement with the literary group "The Generation of the '50s," tried to traverse the distance between the pre-Columbian and the European cultural traditions of Mexico. While serving as Mexican ambassador to Israel, Castellanos died in a freak household accident in Tel Aviv. In an irony she might have enjoyed, she was buried in the rotunda of Illustrious Men, in Mexico City.
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