Contributions

  • Rudder, Robert S. - Contributor
  • Chacón de Arjona, Gloria. - Contributor
  • Schaefer, Claudia, 1949- - Contributor

Publication

1993 - Latin American Literary Review Press, Pittsburgh, Pa, Pennsylvania

Language

English

Word Count

35,750 words, Guess

Page Count

143 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Goodreads260751
  • LibraryThing953117

Classifications

  • DDC863
  • LCCPQ7297.C2596 C513 1993

Description

"Ciudad Real, as the Mexican city of San Cristobal de las Casas was called in earlier times, is the setting for this 1960 collection of stories by Rosario Castellanos that treats the passionate and timely themes of race, class, power and language. Set in the southern region of Chiapas where Castellanos was born, City of Kings [Ciudad Real] explores the centuries-old domination of indigenous people by whites, and the complex relationship between conquerors and conquered that is its outcome. Each story weaves into the next to present a portrait of the men, women and children of the region, with their hopes, tragedies, beliefs and fears. Most of all, City of Kings reveals the pain and damage suffered by both the weak and the strong when exploitation is the basis for everyday life."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

Topics

FictionSan Cristóbal de las Casas (Mexico) -- Fiction.

Places

San Cristóbal de las Casas (Mexico)

Series Statement

  • Series Discoveries

Other Editions

  • City of KingsLatin American Literary Review Press1993-01-01

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