Itzel I
A Tlatelolco Awakening
- Publisher
- Guernica Editions
- Initial publish date
- Sep 2021
- Category
- Political, Literary
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Downloadable audio file
- ISBN
- 9781771836654
- Publish Date
- Sep 2021
- List Price
- $29.99
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Description
The first of two-part novel, Itzel I tells the story of three disparate characters swept up in the drama of the Mexican student movement of 1968 whose ending in the Massacre in Tlatelolco on October 2nd, a date now always commemorated in Mexico, changed their lives forever. Broad in scope and exuberant in style in the best tradition of Latin American literature, this book roots its readers in the ebullience of Mexico's daily life and language, even as they are made to confront the horrors of history, to examine the difficulties of friendship and family.
About the author
Contributor Notes
Interpreter, translator, community activist, teacher, performance, visual and spoken word artist, Sarah Xerar Murphy is also the award winning author of multiple works of fiction and memoir. She has published, performed, exhibited and toured in Mexico, Spain, the US, UK and Canada. She lives in Passamaquoddy Territory in Bocabec, NB.