Rosario Castellanos, Author, Yvette E. Miller, Editor, Robert S. Rudder, Translator Latin American Literary Review Press $16 (143p) ISBN 978-0-935480-63-4
These short stories, first published in Mexico in 1960, show Castellanos to be a first-rate writer whose understanding of Mexican culture is as disturbing as it is engrossing. Using the city of Ciudad Real--the eponymous City of Kings, once glorious
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Rosario Castellanos, Author, Esther Allen, Translator Marsilio Publishers $24 (400p) ISBN 978-1-56886-038-1
A classic of Mexican literature since its publication in 1962, this historical epic appears in its first English translation with fortuitous timing. It takes place in the impoverished southern Mexican state of Chiapas, where, since 1994, Mayan...
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Rosario Castellanos, Author Readers International $0 (272p) ISBN 978-0-930523-89-3
Castellanos (1925-1974) has written a haunting novel set against the Mexican Revolution. She gives much of the narration over to a seven-year-old girl, who introduces characters simply yet vividly like a series of candid snapshots. The girl observes
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