The Mixquiahuala Letters

The Mixquiahuala Letters - Paperback

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The Mixquiahuala Letters - Paperback

The Mixquiahuala Letters - Paperback

by Ana Castillo
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by Ana Castillo (Author)

"A wonderful, wonderful book." --Maxine Hong Kingston

Focusing on the relationship between two fiercely independent women--Teresa, a writer, and Alicia, an artist--this epistolary novel was written as a tribute to Julio Cortázar's Hopscotch and examines Latina forms of love, gender conflict, and female friendship. This groundbreaking debut novel received an American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation and is widely studied as a feminist text on the nature of self-conflict.

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Focusing on the relationship between two fiercely independent women--Teresa, a writer, and Alicia, an artist--this epistolary novel was written as a tribute to Julio Cortázar's Hopscotch and examines Latina forms of love, gender conflict, and female friendship. Ana Castillo's groundbreaking first novel, The Mixquiahuala Letters, received an American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation and is widely studied as a feminist text on the nature of self-conflict.

Author Biography

Ana Castillo is also the author of So Far from God, which received a 1993 Carl Sandburg Award and the Southwestern Booksellers Award, numerous poetry collections, including My Father Was a Toltec, and a critical work on Latina writing, Massacre of the Dreamers. She lives in Chicago, Illinois.

Number of Pages: 144
Dimensions: 0.5 x 7.8 x 5.1 IN
Publication Date: March 18, 1992
ISBN9780385420136
Author Ana Castillo
PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
GenreLiterature
FormatPaperback
PublishedMarch 1992
LanguageENG- English
Pages144
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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