Publication Date: 12/11/2024 ISBN: 9781804296004 Category:

I, Rigoberta Menchu

Rigoberta Menchu, Elisabeth Burgos-Debray, Elisabeth Burgos-Debray, Ann Wright

Publisher: Verso Books
Publication Date: 12/11/2024 ISBN: 9781804296004 Category:
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Now a global bestseller, the remarkable life of Rigoberta Menchu, a Guatemalan peasant woman, reflects on the experiences common to many Indian communities in Latin America. Menchu suffered gross injustice and hardship in her early life: her brother, father and mother were murdered by the Guatemalan military. She learned Spanish and turned to catechistic work as an expression of political revolt as well as religious commitment. Menchu vividly conveys the traditional beliefs of her community and her personal response to feminist and socialist ideas. Above all, these pages are illuminated by the enduring courage and passionate sense of justice of an extraordinary woman.

Publisher Review

A moving account of gruesome repression, gut-wrenching poverty and vicious racism … A call to conscience. * Nation * A fascinating and moving description of the culture of an entire people. * Times (London) * A cornerstone of the multicultural canon. * Chronicle of Higher Education * An extraordinary document. — Francis Sejersted * Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee *

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