Una obra maestra de la literatura de ficción latinoamericana escrita por la mejor autora mexicana del siglo veinte. Oficio de Tinieblas La novela transpose acontecimientos históricos ocurridos en Chiapas durante la niñez de la autora en los años treinta y explora, al mismo tiempo, la lucha de la mujer mexicana por independizarse de la opresión y el machismo de sus maridos y amantes. El argumento tiene múltiples niveles, entrelazando las historias del acaudalado Leonardo; su mujer, Isabel; Fernando, un luchador por la reforma agraria; y Catalina, una mujer maya encargada de criar al hijo bastardo de Leonardo, fruto de su violación a una niña maya. La tensión de lanovela va creciendo hasta alcanzar su punto álgido con la crucifixión del niño a manos de los indios, convencidos de que el poder del hombre blanco proviene de Cristo. Combinando una gran riqueza de información histórica y detalles locales con un profundo entendimiento de la compleja relación entre víctima y verdugo, Castellanos captura en toda su extensión las ambigüedades que subyacen en todas las luchas por el poder. ------ Oficio de Tinieblas draws on two centuries of struggle among the Maya Indians, the white landowners, and the conflicted mestiza class in the Chiapas region of southern Mexico. The novel transposes historical events of the Chiapas onto Castellanos's own childhood in the 1930s, and explores, too, the struggle of Mexico's women for independence from the oppression of their husbands and lovers.

Oficio de tinieblas

Literature & Fiction

CASTELLANOS,ROSARIO

United States

Penguin Publishing Group

Set in the highlands of the Mexican state of Chiapas, The Book of Lamentations tells of a fictionalized Mayan uprising that resembles many of the rebellions that have taken place since the indigenous people of the area were first conquered by European invaders five hundred years ago. With the panoramic sweep of a Diego Rivera mural, the novel weaves together dozens of plot lines, perspectives, and characters. Blending a wealth of historical information and local detail with a profound understanding of the complex relationship between victim and tormentor, Castellanos captures the ambiguities that underlie all struggles for power. A masterpiece of contemporary Latin American fiction from Mexico’s greatest twentieth-century woman writer, The Book of Lamentations was translated with an afterword by Ester Allen and introduction by Alma Guillermoprieto.

The Book of Lamentations (Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin)

Reference

Penguin Classics

A Rosario Castellanos Reader: An Anthology of Her Poetry, Short Fiction, Essays, and Drama (Texas Pan American Series)

Thinker, writer, diplomat, feminist Rosario Castellanos was emerging as one of Mexico's major literary figures before her untimely death in 1974. This sampler of her work brings together her major poems, short fiction, essays, and a three-act play, The Eternal Feminine. Translated with fidelity to language and cultural nuance, many of these works appear here in English for the first time, allowing English-speaking readers to see the depth and range of Castellanos' work.
In her introductory essay, "Reading Rosario Castellanos: Contexts, Voices, and Signs," Maureen Ahern presents the first comprehensive study of Castellanos' work as a sign or signifying system. This approach through contemporary semiotic theory unites literary criticism and translation as an integral semiotic process. Ahern reveals how Castellanos integrated women's images, bodies, voices, and texts to feminize her discourse and create a plurality of new signs/messages about women in Mexico. Describing this process in The Eternal Feminine, Castellanos observes, "...it's not good enough to imitate the models proposed for us that are answers to circumstances other than our own. It isn't even enough to discover who we are. We have to invent ourselves."

History & Criticism

University of Texas Press

Thinker, writer, diplomat, feminist Rosario Castellanos was emerging as one of Mexico's major literary figures before her untimely death in 1974. This sampler of her work brings together her major poems, short fiction, essays, and a three-act play, The Eternal Feminine. Translated with fidelity to language and cultural nuance, many of these works appear here in English for the first time, allowing English-speaking readers to see the depth and range of Castellanos' work.In her introductory essay, "Reading Rosario Castellanos: Contexts, Voices, and Signs," Maureen Ahern presents the first comprehensive study of Castellanos' work as a sign or signifying system. This approach through contemporary semiotic theory unites literary criticism and translation as an integral semiotic process. Ahern reveals how Castellanos integrated women's images, bodies, voices, and texts to feminize her discourse and create a plurality of new signs/messages about women in Mexico. Describing this process in The Eternal Feminine, Castellanos observes, "...it's not good enough to imitate the models proposed for us that are answers to circumstances other than our own. It isn't even enough to discover who we are. We have to invent ourselves."

Another Way to Be: Selected Works of Rosario Castellanos

Univ of Georgia Pr

University of Georgia Press

The seven-year-old narrator shares her observances of her parents, a wealthy landowner and his wife, and a nurturing Indian servant who has cared for the girl and her brother since birth

The Nine Guardians: A Novel

UNKNO

Written in 1960, these stories unfold in the Mexican state of Chiapas—the later site of the Zapatista uprising, and the author addresses controversial questions of power, class, race, and language, giving insight into the historical background of a political struggle still going on today. The complex relationship of conquerors and conquered is explored with masterful writing that earned Rosario Castellanos a permanent place in the literary history of Mexican authors.

City of Kings (Discoveries)

Latin American Literary Review Press

Poems examine love, loss, desire, mysticism, pain, mortality, and consciousness

The Selected Poems of Rosario Castellanos (Palbra Sur Book) (English and Spanish Edition)

Poetry

Graywolf Pr

In the Mexican state of Chiapas in the 1930s, poverty, illiteracy, and rage contribute to an uprising among the descendants of the Mayan Indians

The Book of Lamentations

Allen, Esther

Marsilio Pub

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Oficio de tinieblas

The Book of Lamentations (Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin)

A Rosario Castellanos Reader: An Anthology of Her Poetry, Short Fiction, Essays, and Drama (Texas Pan American Series)

A Rosario Castellanos Reader: An Anthology of Her Poetry, Short Fiction, Essays, and Drama (Texas Pan American Series)

Another Way to Be: Selected Works of Rosario Castellanos

Another Way to Be: Selected Works of Rosario Castellanos

The Nine Guardians: A Novel

City of Kings (Discoveries)

The Selected Poems of Rosario Castellanos (Palbra Sur Book) (English and Spanish Edition)

The Book of Lamentations