The Mixquiahuala Letters - Softcover

Castillo, Ana

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0385420137 ISBN 13: 9780385420136

Publisher: Bilingual Review Press, 1992

Synopsis

"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.

About this title

From the Publisher:

The first novel by the noted Chicana poet, this is an epistolary novel in the tradition of Cortozor's Hopscotch. It focuses on the friendship between two strong and fiercely independent Hispanic women and examines Mexican and Hispanic forms of love and gender conflict and the role thal female friendships play within it.

From the Inside Flap:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bilingual Review Press
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0385420137
• ISBN 13: 9780385420136
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144