The Battle of Tomochic - Memoirs of a Second Lieutenant (Paperback)

Tomochic is a controversial and celebrated example of Mexican fiction. Tomochic is the fictional narration of the 1892 military campaign that resulted in the massacre of the small village of Tomochic, located in the Tarahumara mountains and ordered by the dictatorial regime of Porfirio Diaz. The work is narrated by an eyewitness, the then second lieutenant, Heriberto Frias, and written by him in collaboration with Joaquin Clausell, editor of the newspaper which published it in serial form between March and April of 1893. For a period after the series' publication, the author chose to maintain anonymity. It was expressly this stance which excited more public interest than any other Mexican writer of the 19th century and which eventually led to a drawn out trial to uncover the identity of the author and to implicate him. For, although it is a work of fiction, the general plot of the work, involving a confrontation between a professional army and a handful of citizens, was too similar to the actual massacre as to not be seen by Porfirio Diaz as a reprovement of himself and his regime. As a piece of literature, the novel is also admired for its incorporation of two important trends of the nineteenth century-history as literature and the war novel.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Library of Latin America
Release date:	February 2005
First published:	September 2006
Authors:	Heriberto Frias
Translators:	Barbara Jamison
Introduction by:	Antonio Saborit (Professor of History)
Dimensions:	209 x 140 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	208
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-511743-1
Categories:	Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Historical fiction Books > Fiction > True stories > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Other warfare & defence issues > War crimes > Genocide Books > History > American history > General Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Promotions
LSN:	0-19-511743-3
Barcode:	9780195117431

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