Synopsis A fictionalized version of the colorful and turbulent life of Jesusa Palancares de Aguilar, who was born in Oaxaca in the early days of the 20th century, served in the Mexican Revolution, and went on to live a precarious postwar life in Mexico City. Originally published in 1969, this novel is a Mexican literary classic.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 2001-02-01 |
| Size | | Length: | 303 pages | | Height: | 8.8 in | | Width: | 6.0 in | | Thickness: | 1.2 in | | Weight: | 17.6 oz |
Publisher's Note A sensitive account of the life of Jes+sa Palancares de Aguilar follows the young woman from her childhood, through her role in the Mexican Revolution and difficult marriage, to her post-revolutionary criminal career, in a richly textured historical novel that offers an intriguing study of the most important events in Mexican history during the twentieth century.
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