Our novel, The Inhabited Woman, by Gioconda Belli is now available in
paperback from Warner books ($10.00, I think). This is a remarkable novel
about a middle-upper class woman who is drawn (somewhat unwillingly, at
first) into the revolution. One of the most interesting things to me is the
portrayal of the male revolutionaries, who often have difficulty putting
their revolutionary ideals about women into practice, though these men are
not treated unsympathetically--it' just that the mind and heart don't
always run fully in synch. There's a description of the book o our web
page. Both men and women who have read it have been very moved by the book.
And it is also a good read. In fact, I had a call today from a bookseller
at Sam's City Books who told me, "It really is a 'page-turned!'" referring
to one of the reviews.
A number of teachers have used Alegria and Flakoll's Ashes of Izalco in
combination with history or testimony--Miguel Mármol or Anderson's Matanza.
If your teacher is including any poetry, I think that Daisy Zamora's Clean
Slate gives a vivid picture of a combatant, who also has to struggle with
personal as well as political libreration.
Hope this helps.
Best,
Alex
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