Literary Fiction
by Rosario Castellanos
Castellanos's landmark novel examines the violent collision between indigenous Mayan communities and white landowners in 1930s Chiapas, Mexico. Told through the eyes of a seven-year-old girl from a landowning family, the narrative exposes the brutal racial hierarchies and colonial exploitation that persist in post-revolutionary Mexico. A foundational work of Latin American feminist literature.
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