Max Parra: 2 books
Writing Pancho Villa's Revolution
Rebels in the Literary Imagination of Mexico
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
The 1910 Mexican Revolution saw Francisco "Pancho" Villa grow from social bandit to famed revolutionary leader. Although his rise to national prominence was short-lived, he and his followers (the villistas) inspired deep feelings of pride and power amongst the rural poor. After the Revolution...
by Mariano Azuela, Max Parra
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2013
Hailed as the greatest novel of the Mexican Revolution,The Underdogsrecounts the story of an illiterate but charismatic Indian peasant farmer’s part in the rebellion against Porfirio Díaz, and his subsequent loss of belief in the cause when the revolutionary alliance becomes factionalized. Azuela’s...