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Mariano Azuela, the first of the novelists of the Revolution, was
born in Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco, Mexico, in 1873. He studied
medicine in Guadalajara and returned to Lagos in 1909, where he
began the practice of his profession. He began his writing career
early; in 1896 he published Impressions of a Student in a weekly of
Mexico City. This was followed by numerous sketches and short
stories, and in 1911 by his first novel, Andres Perez, maderista.
Like most of the young Liberals, he supported Francisco I. Madero's
uprising, which overthrew the dictatorship of Porfirio Diaz, and in
1911 was made Director of Education of the State of Jalisco. After
Madero's assassination, he joined the army of Pancho Villa as
doctor, and his knowledge of the Revolution was acquired at
firsthand. When the counterrevolutio-nary forces of Victoriano
Huerta were temporarily triumphant, he emigrated to El Paso, Texas,
where in 1915 he wrote The Underdogs (Los de abajo), which did not
receive general recognition until 1924, when it was hailed as the
novel of the Revolution.
In addition to a fresh translation of Los de Abajo , Azuela's
classic novel of the Mexican Revolution, this volume offers both a
general Introduction to the work and an extensive appendix setting
the novel in its historical, literary, and political context.
Related texts include contemporary reviews of Azuela's book, an
excerpt from Anita Brenner's Idols Behind Altars (1929), and
selections from John Reed's Insurgent Mexico (1914).
In addition to a fresh translation of Los de Abajo , Azuela's
classic novel of the Mexican Revolution, this volume offers both a
general Introduction to the work and an extensive appendix setting
the novel in its historical, literary, and political context.
Related texts include contemporary reviews of Azuela's book, an
excerpt from Anita Brenner's Idols Behind Altars (1929), and
selections from John Reed's Insurgent Mexico (1914).
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The Underdogs (Paperback)
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"novelists of the Revolution," was born in Lagos de Moreno,
Jalisco, Mexico, in 1873. He studied medicine in Guadalajara and
returned to Lagos in 1909, where he began the practice of his
profession. He began his writing career early; in 1896 he published
Impressions of a Student in a weekly of Mexico City. This was
followed by numerous sketches and short stories, and in 1911 by his
first novel, Andres Perez, maderista. Like most of the young
Liberals, he supported Francisco I. Madero's uprising, which
overthrew the dictatorship of Porfirio Diaz, and in 1911 was made
Director of Education of the State of Jalisco. After Madero's
assassination, he joined the army of Pancho Villa as doctor, and
his knowledge of the Revolution was acquired at firsthand. When the
counterrevolutio-nary forces of Victoriano Huerta were temporarily
triumphant, he emigrated to El Paso, Texas, where in 1915 he wrote
The Underdogs (Los de abajo), which did not receive general
recognition until 1924, when it was hailed as the novel of the
Revolution.
The book tells us the story of peasant Demetrio Mac as, who becomes
the enemy of a local cacique in his town, and so has to abandon his
family when the government soldiers come looking for him. He
escapes to the mountains, and forms a group of rebels who support
the Mexican Revolution.
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The Underdogs (Hardcover)
Mariano Azuela; Edited by 1stworld Publishing
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R763
Discovery Miles 7 630
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Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support
our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online
at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - Mariano Azuela, the first of the
"novelists of the Revolution," was born in Lagos de Moreno,
Jalisco, Mexico, in 1873. He studied medicine in Guadalajara and
returned to Lagos in 1909, where he began the practice of his
profession. He began his writing career early; in 1896 he published
Impressions of a Student in a weekly of Mexico City. This was
followed by numerous sketches and short stories, and in 1911 by his
first novel, Andres Perez, maderista. Like most of the young
Liberals, he supported Francisco I. Madero's uprising, which
overthrew the dictatorship of Porfirio Diaz, and in 1911 was made
Director of Education of the State of Jalisco. After Madero's
assassination, he joined the army of Pancho Villa as doctor, and
his knowledge of the Revolution was acquired at firsthand. When the
counterrevolutio-nary forces of Victoriano Huerta were temporarily
triumphant, he emigrated to El Paso, Texas, where in 1915 he wrote
The Underdogs (Los de abajo), which did not receive general
recognition until 1924, when it was hailed as the novel of the
Revolution.
Demetrio Macias, a poor, illiterate Indian, must join the rebels to
save his family. Courageous and charismatic, he earns a generalship
in Pancho Villaas army, only to become discouraged with the cause
after it becomes hopelessly factionalized.
The news spread like lightning. Villa--the magic word! The Great
Man, the salient profile, the unconquerable warrior who, even at a
distance, exerts the fascination of a reptile, a boa constrictor.
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the
original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as
marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe
this work is culturally important, we have made it available as
part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting
the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions
that are true to the original work.
The Underdogs was originally published in serial form in El Paso
del Norte in 1915. The story takes place during the Mexican
Revolution. Demetrio Macias is the leader of a group fighting
against the federal forces. Victoriano Huerta is an accomplished
marksman who fights to change his country, but by the end of the
novel he is not sure why he keeps on fighting. He sees his actions
as having made little difference.
The news spread like lightning. Villa--the magic word! The Great
Man, the salient profile, the unconquerable warrior who, even at a
distance, exerts the fascination of a reptile, a boa constrictor.
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."
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which
commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out
and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and
impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes
high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using
print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in
1956.
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which
commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out
and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and
impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes
high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using
print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in
1956.
In this deeply moving picture of the turmoil of the first great revolution of the twentieth century—the Mexican Revolution of 1910—Azuela depicts the anarchy and the idealism, the base human passions and the valor and nobility of the simple folk, and, most striking of all, the fascination of revolt—that peculiar love of revolution for revolution's sake that has characterized most of the social upheavals of the twentieth century. Los de Abajo is considered "the only novel of the Revolution" and, since the spring of 1925, has been published in several languages and more than twenty-seven editions. Azuela's writing is sometimes racy and virile, sometimes poetic and subdued, but always in perfect accord with the mood and character of the story.
Hailed as the greatest novel of the Mexican Revolution, The Underdogs recounts 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 masterpiece is a timeless, authentic portrayal of peasant life, revolutionary zeal, and political disillusionment.
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