Castellanos, RosarioBiblio.com
Rosario Castellanos Figueroa (1925-1974)Biblio.com
The Nine Guardians
1959L1525<p>272 pages with glossary. Small octavo 7 1/2" x 5 1/4" bound in original publisher's red cloth with white lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. Translated into Irene Nicholson. First edition into English. First published in Mexico in 1957.</p><p>In the remote towns and haciendas of the high country of Chiapas the 1910-1917 Mexican Revolution had little impact until the reforming government of Lozaro Cardenas during the 1930s began pressing for Indian rights and education. A 7-year-old girl watches as the old order -- where a few powerful land-owning families and their male heirs could dominate a region politically and even sexually -- breaks down.</p><p><strong>Condition: </strong>Previous owner's name to front pastedown heal corners gently bumped. Jacket with corners and spine ends lightly chipped light edge wear else very good in like jacket.</p> Faber and Faber Ltd hardcover
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