I RIGOBERTA MENCHU An Indian Woman in Guatemala

The best-selling account of the life of Latin American peasant woman and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.

This is a used book in very good condition: nice and clean with just a little reading wear to corners; pages are nice and clean and aging lightly; a nice copy of a scarce book. See photos for cover blurb and sample pages. The book in the photos is the actual book you will receive - we never use stock pictures - enjoy!

Publisher's blurb: This book recounts the remarkable life of Rigoberta Menchu, a young Guatemalan peasant woman. Her story reflects the experiences common to many Indian communities in Latin America today. Rigoberta suffered gross injustice and hardship in her early life: her brother, father and mother were murdered by the Guatemalan military. She learned Spanish and turned to catechist work as an expression of political revolt as well as religious commitment. The anthropologist Elisabeth Burgos-Debray, herself a Latin American woman, conducted a series of interviews with Rigoberta Menchu. The result is a book unique in contemporary literature which records the detail of everyday Indian life. Rigoberta's gift for striking expression vividly conveys both the religious and superstitious beliefs of her community and her personal response to feminist and socialist ideas. Above all, these pages are illuminated by the enduring courage and passionate sense of justice of an extraordinary woman.

Book Details

Code: SKU1384

Condition: See notes and photos below

Binding: Paperback

Pages: 251

Published: 1984 by Verso, USA. Printed circa 2005.

ISBN: 0860917886

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