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Los De Abajo (Spanish, Paperback, Annotated edition)
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First published as a serial in the newspaper El Paso del Norte, in
October and November of 1915, then as a book published by the same
newspaper, the novel Los de abajo has been translated into all the
main languages of the world. Mariano Azuela's masterwork came out
one hundred years after Jose Loaquin Fernandez de Lazardi's El
Periquillo Sarniento created the genre of the Novel of the
Revolution, as it left behind the norms of the European novel and
forged new parameters for Hispanic American fiction. The impact of
Los de abajo is owed in large part to the sustained dramatic
tension of the novel, from the opening scene to the death of the
protagonist - in the same geographic location, creating a sense of
circularity - but its success is partly the result of the
fulfillment of the title's promise to depict the underdogs. Who are
the underdogs but those at the bottom of the social and economic
ladder, that is, the poorest and most disinherited. And the
underdogs in Azuela's story have decided to fight against the
injustices perpetrated by those on top. The struggle is bloody, the
suffering intolerable. And all for what? All just in order to
remain in the same place - as underdogs - after two years of
hardships. This attitude of defeat, of failure, is one of the
elements that sustain lively interest in the novel and give it
permanent value. The descriptions of nature serve to soften the
violent revolutionary scenes, and it is this technique of
interweaving human actions with descriptions of the landscape that
confers an unusual equilibrium upon the novel and has caused it to
be considered the best of the many novels about the Mexican
Revolution. This edition, annotated and with a prologue by Luis
Leal, is a fundamental text for any course in Hispanic literature,
and is indispensable for courses focusing on early 20th century
Latin America."
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Imprint: |
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Country of origin: |
Argentina |
Release date: |
March 2007 |
First published: |
March 2007 |
Authors: |
Mariano Azuela
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Editors: |
Luis Leal
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 10mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
184 |
Edition: |
Annotated edition |
ISBN-13: |
978-987-11-3662-9 |
Languages: |
Spanish
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Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
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LSN: |
987-11-3662-5 |
Barcode: |
9789871136629 |
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