The Nine Guardians by Rosario Castellanos. Translated by Irene Nicholson. 1992 Readers International reprint (c/r 1957), 272 pages. Castellanos was a feminist poet, essayist, and novelist who wrote confessional fiction and criticized male literary figures of the time. According to an essay in the Paris Review: "As a child, Castellanos was cared for by a Mayan woman, Rufina, in whose Tzotzil prayers and legends the future author discovered the joy of language. Their relationship is fictionalized in Castellanos's 1957 autobiographical debut novel, Balún-Canán (translated by Irene Nicholson as The Nine Guardians). The novel was written, Castellanos said, simply by "letting myself be carried along by the flow of my memories." It is partly narrated by a naive seven-year-old girl, who bears witness to an indigenous Mexican rebellion against the brutal feudalism practiced by her father."Condition: VG"Now I know that this is the voice I've been hearing ever since I was born."
Fondo de Cultura Economica USA, 1972. Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
Rivelin Press, Bradford, and Ecuatorial Magazine, London, 1981. First Edition (of 250 copies). . Stapled Wraps. Very Good/Very Good. 27 pp. Poems. Crown and corners bumped, heel lightly bumped, page edges a bit tanned. Jacket edgeworn, bumped at head and heel of spine and folds, with tiny tears at folds. Size: 8vo
Columbia, Louisiana: Readers International, 1992. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 5" x 8 1/4. VERY GOOD / DJ VERY GOOD. Former library book. Translated from the Spanish with a Preface by Irene Nicholson. 272 pp, including a "Glossary of Unfamiliar Indian and Spanish Words." Pages are clean, unmarked, and undamaged except for typical library treatments on the front endpaper. Boards covered with black paper, gilt titling on spine is still bright. Dust jacket encased in library mylar sleeve, protecting it. Overall in great condition.
Rivelin Press / Equatorial, 1981. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine. 28 pages. A posthumous collection of poems by the Mexican writer, her first collection in English. Translated by Maureen Ahearn. An edition of 250 copies. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in plain wrappers (chapbook). In a near fine with a bit of fading to the back panel of the pictorial jacket.
Mexico: Sep Diana, 1979. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good/no dust cover. 0x0x0. no signs of cover wear, clean glossy, pages clean, bright and unmarked, spine tight.213 ppListing Includes Books Image . Please email me if you need to see more pictures! The orders are processed promptly, carefully packaged and shipped within 1 day of purchase. PLEASE NOTE! if you need the book quickly, please Purchase Priority Shipping.Media will not show updates in mail confirmation till reaches continental U.S. FOR International orders under 5 lbs please use asendia for the cheapest rates worldwide!
VANGUARD. NY 1960, 1960. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
Very good condition. Pages are unmarked, boards straight, no spine creasing, 'withdrawn' stamp on front endpaper and lbel sticker on bottom end of spine, back endpaper has been glued to back dust jacket flap. Dust jacket in very good condition with minor shelf wear.
Readers International, 1992. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
Fondo de Cultura Econ?mcia, 2004. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
London:: Reader's International,, (1992). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First thus. Originally published in Spanish in 1957, this is considered the masterpiece of Mexico's most important woman novelist of the 20th century. Set against the Mexican Revolution in Chiapas, the southern Mexican state where Castellanos spent her childhood, and which has a strong Mayan presence. Translated from the Spanish and with a preface by Irene Nicholson. Includes a glossary of unfamiliar Spanish and Indian words. 272 pp, Uncommon in hardcover and especially so in this condition.
A Rosario Castellanos Reader: An Anthology of Her Poetry, Short Fiction, Essays, and Drama
Castellanos, Rosario;Ahern, Maureen
A Rosario Castellanos Reader: An Anthology of Her Poetry, Short Fiction, Essays, and Drama
Castellanos, Rosario;Ahern, Maureen
Publisher: Austin, Texas, U.S.A.: Univ of Texas Pr
Date published: 1988
Austin, Texas, U.S.A.: Univ of Texas Pr, 1988 hardback book in near fine condition,dust jacket is very good-plus. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good.
Stated First edition. Square spine, clean, no writing, no folded page corners. Black mark on bottom page edge. Dust jacket clean with no rips, protected by mylar cover.
Philadelphia 1988 1st Fortress Press. ISBN 0-8006-3103-X. Castellanos, who died in 1974, was one of major figures in Mexican literature. Edited with critical introduction by Maureen Ahern. Translated by Ahern and others. Hardcover. Octavo, 378pp., maroon cloth. Near Fine, slight soiling on fore-edges, in Good DJ, a few closed tears and small chips. .
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